Rejoice in Trump!

Eight years ago, history was made when Barak Obama was elected the first black president of the US. He came to power with high hopes and good will from people all over the world. Unfortunately, he had two weak points that would prove fatal to his presidency: an irrational obsession with Israel and an overarching arrogance concerning his abilities.

Obama’s obsession with Israel meant that he was blind to the dangers posed by Islamic terrorism, leading him to famously dismiss Islamic State as a minor irritant. Likewise, his arrogance led him to repeat the errors of Neville Chamberlain by simultaneously adopting a policy of appeasement with Iran while publicly criticizing Israel.

The inevitable result was not long in coming – a regional loss of trust in the US and a whirlwind of destruction, murder and mayhem throughout the world on a scale not seen since the end of the Second World War.

By electing Donald Trump as their president, the American people have decisively rejected the Obama legacy. This is only a first step, and many more will be needed if the United States is to end the scourge of international Islamic terrorism and rebuild the trust Obama so frivolously threw away.

Let us all join with the American people and rejoice in their election of Trump as their president. H.B. MITCHELL Mazkeret Batya