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Differences over President Trump reverberated during a weekend reunion bash for George W. Bush White House alumni, exposing rifts in the network of Republican operatives and officials.
Matt Schlapp, a lobbyist and enthusiastic Trump supporter who was political director in the Bush White House, had to be convinced to attend the reunion by a fellow "Bushie," often a term of scorn in the Trump White House, after he expressed fears of being confronted. Another Bush administration veteran, sometimes critical of Trump and sometimes not, was accosted at the gathering by a former colleague and accused of being too pro-Trump.
Both the Never Trump faction and the pro-Trump group are outspoken, rarely hesitating to criticize each other despite their shared Bush roots. That was the case as approximately 2,500 of them met for a few days in Washington to reminisce about old times. Theres been a lot of passion and tension, said Schlapp. His wife, Mercedes, also a Bush official, was a senior White House official until recently.
Bush, 73, and Dick Cheney, 78, his vice president, spoke at the reunion but generally steered clear of the disagreements roiling national politics. The party was held Saturday night at The Anthem, a concert venue in Washington.
I understand the tensions, added Ron Kaufman, a Republican insider who worked for Bushs father, President George H.W. Bush, is supportive of Trump, and has witnessed the evolution of the familys political network over three decades.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/family-split-tension-over-trump-at-george-w-bush-staff-reunion-in-washington/ar-AAH49kR?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=mailsignout
JHB
(37,158 posts)They were all part of what used to be the worst, most damaging administration since the end of WW2 (until Trump outdid them). This is a spat between those who think it's great to be able to wave their junk around, vs those who are ok with the waving, just fergawdsakes keep a towel on.
Shameless opportunistic liars, fiscally irresponsible, corrupt, throwing norms overboard to push through their pet agenda, grabbing power with both hands...
The difference is mainly of degree, not of kind.
Shameless opportunistic liars, fiscally irresponsible, corrupt, throwing norms overboard to push through their pet agenda, grabbing power with both hands...
The different is mainly of degree, not of kind.
hatrack
(59,584 posts)Whatever.
Justice
(7,185 posts)Not really announced or I missed it.
tblue37
(65,336 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,678 posts)then I guess it's no surprise 25-30% of voters can be forgiven...
Kid Berwyn
(14,885 posts)Smirk n Sneer and their crooks lied US into an illegal, immoral, unnecessary war for profit killing untold hundreds of thousands of innocent people and destroying the cradle of civilization in the process.
DFW
(54,360 posts)Dick Cheney had a big company that was in financial difficulty. He cooked up a danger that wasn't there, and launched a completely unnecessary massive military undertaking to fight it. In the course of that military action, he arranged for the U.S. Government to award his company untold billions in contracts. Its stock price went from $19 (when Cheney took office) to $87 during the course of the invasion. Having taken out 200,000 stock options (just one transaction that was made public) at the $19 price for $1 a share, Cheney personally made 200,000 times $67 (i.e. $13,400,000) on just that one transaction alone.
Trump is just as corrupt as Cheney, just nowhere near as clever.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)I think that was his major motivation in running for president. Well, that plus revenge against Obama. Luckily there's no way for Chump to profit from tossing nukes, or he would have done it already.
Johnny2X2X
(19,051 posts)He can help this country if he spoke out against the madness. But he won't because he's a coward.