To the Editor:

The American voters rejected the numerous polls which showed a Clinton victory was imminent. Many highly regarded political experts and television newscasters continued to dismiss the Trump candidacy even up to the night of the election. It almost discouraged many Trump supporters from going out to cast their vote. It seemed like "a done deal" to many, but not to Donald J. Trump who continued to draw thousands of supporters in his continuous appearances in many places, maybe because he sensed a "dormant patriotic resurgence" for a rebirth of American greatness that had been lost in the previous eight years.

Donald J. Trump offered them hope and rekindled their national spirit with his promise to "Make America Great Again." He outlined set specific problems and solutions. His messages got free air time and eventually stimulated discussion in many American homes, especially in American locations where it seemed that America was soon becoming a third world country.

While the television anchors talked about the scarce possibility for a Trump victory, he challenged this mindset because, as a strong "visionary thinker" who had attained remarkable success, he envisioned a "Great American Future" and the belief created a new political movement the likes of which has not been seen in recent American history.

The "media gurus" ignored the fact that now Americans were tired of the continuous Clinton/Obama lies and broken promises. They dismissed the media's misrepresentation of the news related to the Trump campaign. These media attempts at infiltrating the minds of the small town American voters was ending.

But Trump also reignited a sense of patriotism and purpose for greatness that Ronald Reagan had instilled in the hearts and minds in his presidential campaign. And it is this sense of "Manifest Destiny" that spurred Americans to settle the West, to industrialize America and to defeat the aggressors in the Second World War. It is a hidden "emotional/intellectual personal conviction" that America still is destined for greatness in spite of challenges that would deny this future. It is this same dream that brought millions of immigrants to our shores. It is this dream that continues to inspire new immigrants to work, study, and pursue their own American destinies.

Dr Rudy Magnan

60 Watkins Drive, Sandy Hook         December 21, 2016