Jones letter: Trump

Advice to Trump, Donald: Don’t waste your time attempting to unify career politicians who are owned lock, stock and barrel by their big-money donors.

You do have a legitimate opportunity to unite millions of poor Republicans, Democrats and Independents who have given up on a broken and corrupt political system. Most of these voters will unify behind the first presidential candidate who will actually listen to their long-silenced voices.

The vast majority of Americans aren’t demanding another Abraham Lincoln. They do expect their president to ignore extreme right-wing views on social issues and extreme left-wing cries for socialism. A new leader only needs to convince this silent majority he doesn’t have a trigger-happy foreign policy, can professionally manage the world’s largest economy and is moderate with an open mind on the nation’s most divisive issues.

This story was originally published May 18, 2016 at 5:59 PM with the headline "Jones letter: Trump."