An Open Letter to the President-elect of the USA
Dear Mr
Trump
I do not
expect that you will ever see, let alone read, this letter from an interested
observer in the United Kingdom, but that has not stopped me from writing it.
Congratulations
upon your election as the 45th President of the United States of America.
Your victory was a truly extraordinary one, contrary to the expectations of pundits
and pollsters. You will stand on the shoulders of some truly great predecessors
such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore and
Franklin Roosevelt, all of whom had either been military or political leaders
before they took office. You alone come from neither of these
backgrounds, a disadvantage perhaps but on the other hand allowing you to bring
a fresh perspective to the task that lies before you.
