It’s a truism that President Donald Trump loves attention. Even among politicians, a species not known for shunning limelight, he’s in a league of his own. And he matches desire with a peerless ability to make all eyes turn to him.

It is not always conscious or deliberate, even though, of course, he often rides roughshod over others. Those who have watched him up close, however, know he has a quality that means he probably could not fade into any background even if he wanted to. That quicksilver quality is charisma, and it means that even in a crowded room, everyone looks at him.