Your editorial (“Which Trump Will We Get?” Nov. 11) completely missed the meaning of Donald Trump’s victory. It stands for the proposition that to be personally successful, one must have the pluck and tenacity to stand up for one’s own view, even if it should fly in the face and ignite the ire of self-selected, politically correct opinion-makers, who take it upon themselves to speak to Jews, but were never themselves duly elected to speak for them.
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