Trump awakens the sleeping giant of America

Trump awakens the sleeping giant of America, by Kenneth Timmerman.

The liberal media has got its knickers in a twist. In fact-checking Donald Trump’s moving appeal to ordinary Americans who have been burned by what he calls a “rigged system” … Despite their valiant efforts, even a CBS morning news anchor, while presenting the speech derisively to viewers, had to admit that Mr. Trump’s statements were “mostly true.” Her only quibble: the 282 source notes released along with the speech “just didn’t provide much context.”

Mr. Trump pledged early on to “present the facts plainly and honestly,” without the sugar-coating of political correctness. This is part of his appeal to ordinary Americans. …

He has awoken the sleeping giant of the American people, fed up with the lies and the spin. …

“Big businesses, elite media, and major donors are lining up behind the campaign of my opponent because they know she will keep our rigged system in place,” he said. “She is their puppet. They pull the strings.”

Instead, Donald Trump pledged to defend “the forgotten men and women of our country. People who work hard but no longer have a voice.

“I AM YOUR VOICE,” he roared. (Yes, it was in caps in the printed speech). …

Mr. Trump has displayed in his personal life, and in his brief but stellar political career, an authentic connection to the “little” people of America, the families victimized by lawlessness and sanctuary cities who “have no special interests to represent them. …

Critics call this a “dark” or even “terrifying” vision of America?

Really? I call it the revival of America