Donald Trump seems to be the transformational candidate Republican party strategists have long been hoping for (‘It’s a very good thing for the party…’, 10 August). Ronald Reagan – still a source of much nostalgia for Republicans – was a failed-actor-turned-commercial-propagandist who opportunistically latched on to politics. Donald Trump is the real thing: a self-made multibillionaire entrepreneur who knows Wall Street and the corporate world better than any of the other candidates, and who does not hold back on saying what he – and many Republicans – thinks and feels. Moreover, his communication skills are as strong as – if not better than – Reagan’s. Mr Trump may be the Republicans’ last great hope to win the White House, given the vast demographic and ethnic shift that the US will see in coming decades.
Professor emeritus Luis Suarez-Villa
University of California, Irvine, USA
