Could Donald Trump Be -- GASP! -- Right?

Did you see Donald Trump on TV announcing his plan to rebuild the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center exactly as they were before 9/11 – only a little higher? I know it's difficult to think of anything other than that ridiculous hairstyle when you're looking at him, but did you see the model of the proposed new Twin Towers that he showed?

Now I'm going to say something I never thought I would ever say in my life. I can't believe I'm actually typing the words.

Donald Trump is right.

Let's face it. The proposed so-called "Freedom Tower" was just ghastly, and the only message it would have sent is that contemporary American architecture appears to be the work of blind heroin addicts. Thank God the brave men of the NYPD (whom no one would have previously considered architectural aesthetes) were savvy enough to throw a monkey wrench into its construction.

Rebuilding the Twin Towers sends a very powerful message to our adversaries – exactly the same message that Winston Churchill gave when the House of Commons was bombed and demolished by the Germans during World War II. He didn't hold some kind of half-assed "Architectural Idol" competition to see who could come up with the ugliest design for a building to replace what had been destroyed. He ordered that the Commons be rebuilt exactly as it looked before, right down to the smallest detail.

And that's what we should do. Work on the design so that the new building is stronger than the old one, and able to withstand anything the terrorists might be able to throw at it, but put the two buildings back the way they were. Tell the terrorists that what they can knock down, we can build right back up – better than before.

As I've said, I'm no fan of Donald Trump, but when he's right, he's right. Now if he'd only stop shooting "The Apprentice" long enough to have the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" guys do something about that hair...

Tom Moran