July 24, 2024, may prove to be one of America’s most extraordinary days.

As it would unfold, events of the 24th would not have the overwhelming shock and trauma of Pearl Harbor, Sept. 11, 2001, or the murder of President John F. Kennedy.

But at no other time in American history has a current and former president and an Israeli prime minister pontificated on the same day and in the same country on such monumental issues with the most profound consequences for their respective countries.

First, at 2 p.m., Benyamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress for the fourth time. Netanyahu was fighting for political survival, aiming at his extreme right wing at home and using applause from a doting Republican Congress to bolster his case.

Four hours later, Donald Trump began a rally at Bojangles Coliseum near Charlotte, in which he would reveal the tone of his campaign for beating Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election.

To complete this trifecta, at 8 p.m., President Joe Biden, speaking from the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk, explained why he did not seek reelection and instead would “turn the torch” over to the next generation.

This combination itself was extraordinary. But equally extraordinary........

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