FBI Has Reestablished Trump as the Alpha Dog in the Republican Party

As the late political philosopher Hans Gruber once said, “You ask for miracles — I give you the F-B-I.”

There was a time when having one’s home searched by federal law enforcement would trigger talk about the end of somebody’s political career. But it is a testament to what a bizarre moment in American history we are in that it may very well mark the informal launch of a presidential candidacy.

Within hours of FBI agents leaving his property, Donald Trump was eager to break the news, issuing a press release stating, “These are...