To the Editor:
I was pleased to read that Donald Trump did not use the Republican National Committee talking points in his speech on immigration reform (“Discord Deepens Between Trump and Committee,” front page, Sept. 3).
Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination in large part because he is not a puppet of the establishment. He was nominated by a coalition of conservative Republicans, Reagan Democrats and other law-and-order American voters who believe that it is time for serious action on immigration, and that it must begin with securing our borders.
So while Donald Trump’s immigration speech may have torn “a painful new wound in Mr. Trump’s relationship with the Republican National Committee,” it was cheered by what I would submit is truly “his most important remaining political alliance”—the voters.
Mr. Trump and his supporters understand that the president should serve the American people, not the Republican National Committee.
BRIAN PANNEBECKER
Shelby Township, Mich.
