Even in the week that he is nominated by the Republican party for the presidency of the United States, intelligent people fail in droves to understand what Donald Trump has accomplished. It was disappointing to read the editorial in this newspaper on Tuesday that "a Trump presidency would be a descent into the uncertainties of anger, bitterness, and division … a recipe for disaster." This is a widespread view, but it is bunk. It reminds me of Tom Wicker's prediction in The New York Times the Sunday before the