Trump rips George W. Bush after he calls for unity amid coronavirus outbreak

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN

President Trump on Sunday took aim at George W. Bush after the former Republican president issued a call to push partisanship aside amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

In a three-minute video shared on Twitter on Saturday, Bush urged Americans to remember "how small our differences are in the face of this shared threat."

"In the final analysis, we are not partisan combatants. We are human beings, equally vulnerable and equally wonderful in the sight of God," Bush said. "We rise or fall together, and we are determined to rise."

In an early morning tweet on Sunday, Trump called out Bush for his failure to support him as he faced an impeachment trial earlier this year over his alleged dealings with Ukraine. He cited apparent comments from Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth, who asked why Bush didn't push for "putting partisanship aside" amid the trial. "He was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest Hoax in American history," Trump said.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-rips-george-w-bush-after-he-calls-for-unity-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ar-BB13xd1J?li=BBnb7Kz

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Of course, Trump made it all about himself.

[exboyfil]

1. I would play this quote in a Biden ad

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2009/04/30/presidentrsquos-remarks-h1n1

The President's Remarks on H1N1


I do want to compliment Democrats and Republicans who worked diligently back in 2005 when the bird flu came up. I was part of a group of legislators who worked with the Bush administration to make sure that we had beefed up our infrastructure and our stockpiles of antiviral drugs like Tamiflu. And I think the Bush administration did a good job of creating the infrastructure so that we can respond. For example, we've got 50 million courses of antiviral drugs in the event that they're needed.

[ArizonaLib]

20. Republicans only call for nonpartisanship when they are losing on a problem that they either caused

or exasperated. They are losing right now. Just like the white flag was the last flag that flew over the confederacy, republican calls for nonpartisanship are signs for losing.

[Canoe52]

31. +1,000,000

[SunSeeker]

43. Bingo. nt

[turbinetree]

2. Well trumptser Bush may not be the smartest rock in your party but he does recognize a traitor.....

[DENVERPOPS]

10. F*** W Bush

He and his daddy did most of the work to lay the groundwork for the RepubliCONS to pull off what has gone on, especially the past three plus years...........

Fine time for W and his RepubliCON CABAL to play innocent and try to appear to be good guys........

Don't forget what individuals the W administration brought you:

Cheney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz/Pearle/Powell/Condi/and a few hundred more...........

My friends in Europe tell me that there are several countries in Europe that both Cheney and Rumsfeld can't ever visit.
If they should happen to visit those countries, they would be arrested as they stepped off the plane, sent to the Hague for prosecution for committing International War Crimes.........

[turbinetree]

12. I agree that's one of the reason why he and old Cheney don't travel around to much........

[The Mouth]

24. GWB, his cabinet

and everyone who voted for the war should have been on trial at the Hauge; any support of the Iraq war at ALL makes that person no better than a member of the Reichstag that applauded every Hitler Speech. O

[OMGWTF]

34. Abso-fking-lutely!

[RVN VET71]

40. Hillary Clinton and John Kerry

Had either of them voted against the war in Iraq, they would have been elected president. Kerry would have won, despite Republican traitors fixing the voting results in Ohio and elsewhere. Hillary would simply have beaten Barack Obama in the primary -- and maybe made him her VP? -- and had an easy time dealing with McCain and the small town fool he chose as his running mate.

But they both voted for the war. Because to vote against it would have invited attacks by the Right Wing of being soft on terrorism.
They both showed a kind of political -- if not moral -- cowardice that I can never excuse or forgive.

(Yes, I voted for both of them, Kerry in 2004, and Clinton in 2016. Because the alternative in either election was repulsive.)

[mr_lebowski]

44. Nobody in Congress voted for the Iraq War. Period. nt

[The Mouth]

48. Exactly

I voted for them, given the alternative, but the blood of every American serviceman and Iraqui who died is on the hands of everyone who did not actively oppose that war.

[Polybius]

47. "Everyone who voted for the war should have been on trial at the Hauge"???

No way. Hillary, Biden, and the vast majority of both Parties voted for that war. Many on our side were tricked.

[The Mouth]

50. That blood is on their hands

and may anyone who ever supported it rot in hell.
"Tricked"? Fuck that, there were tens of thousands of us marching in the godamned streets.

Yeah, Hillary was better than Trump, and we voted accordingly, but I hope she and every other Senator and Rep who voted for it spend eternity hearing the screams of the innocent Iraquis we immolated, starved and blew up, the wails of their children, the crying of the families our soldiers left behind only to find out that their loved ones died, she, Kerry, and any other person who wasn't in the streets marching against that war should spend their entire godamned afterlife contemplating what they enabled. No fucking excuses; no one who voted to give GWB what he asked was/is any better than a pilot dropping napalm on civilians, just merely less batshit crazy than McCain or Trump.

Yeah, I voted for them, the alternatives were worse; losing a leg instead of dying of leukemia. Yeah, I voted 'D' in '04 and '16 (as well as of course in '08 and '12), but never forgetting that I was voting for bloodstained hands versus a crazy imbicile/

[RVN VET71]

61. I'm with you completely

My admiration for both Kerry and Clinton dissolved with that vote and it evaporated completely with their mealy mouthed excuses afterwards. "We didn't vote for the war, we voted to give Bush the authority we never, ever, ever thought he would use, to invade Iraq." Even though they knew Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and posed no imminent or even remote threat to us, even though they knew that, yeah, Bush would probably invade Iraq and, yeah, probably 10s of thousands of Iraqi men, women, and children would be killed in the ensuing slaughter, and, yeah, the resultant chaos would leave the Middle East in a much more threatening, horrifically dangerous state -- to the world! -- then it already posed.

[The Mouth]

62. I kind of compare it to the memoirs of Franz VonPapen

who helped Hitler come to power, and later justified his support by saying, essentially, 'we thought we could control him'.

Yeah, I vote blue, no matter who, but sometimes it feels like deciding to lose a leg instead of dying of gangrene. Depressing. just as this election; "Better than a sociopathic, narcissistic, paranoid shitbag reality TV star running a kleptocracy" is what we got.

[GetRidOfThem]

33. My sentiments exactly...

I do not miss the Bush days... He was terrible. The people he brought on board were terrible. There is no fake nostalgia here with me. Just because agent orange is the worst does not make Bush ok....

[EX500rider]

60. Zero European countries have arrest warrants for Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld. nt

[KentuckyWoman]

3. It's pretty bad when whistleass is the smart one.

[niyad]

30. Truly frightening, actually.

[ancianita]

4. Bad move. Very bad move. This could divide the base. Oh noes!

[Sapient Donkey]

6. Most of them already changed their view of Bush awhile ago

Last edited Sun May 3, 2020, 02:31 PM - Edit history (1)

In fact, sometimes their dislike for Bush rivals that of what is seen here. Of course on their side it's because they seem him as an evil globalist elitist who is buddy with the Obamas and Clintons. At least that is what I see on the internet.

[mucifer]

7. yup trump knows what he is doing

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

42. Yep, but is it Roger Stone...

... advising or actually Trump?

Hint: Roger Stone is still sitting at home awaiting his prison induction.

[ancianita]

9. So I hear.

[oldsoftie]

32. Exactly right. They see Bush as being the same as Obama, Clinton etc.

I hear it on talk radio all the time. Its hilarious. Because back THEN, Bush was a wonderful President. So I guess they were all stupid back THEN, since they didnt realize he was just another "establishment politician".

[PatSeg]

5. What a big baby

except he has power and is extremely dangerous. This whining is getting really old.

[patphil]

8. Trump survived his impeachment because the Republicans didn't put partisanship aside.

It's most likely "W" didn't support Trump then because he doesn't like him.

Asking for unity infuriates Trump because Trump doesn't believe in the concept, except when it suits his selfish purposes.

[secondwind]

25. Trump did NOT survive the impeachment process.

He was, and forever will be, an impeached President.

[patphil]

28. Yes, he was impeached, but he did survive the process, which includes the trial and verdict.

Just as Bill Clinton survived the process.

House impeachment, and then Senate trial. There are two parts to the whole process.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

41. History books will record him as "Donald J. Trump, only the third president to be impeached."

He needs to be reminded often that this description will exist long after he dies, and that -- plus his pitiful response to the coronavirus pandemic -- is what his name will be associated with. Maybe with a little work we can get the disease officially named the "Trump virus."

[Ford_Prefect]

11. That's not your father's GOP. They've gone the full Jim Jones/ Idi Amin.

They drank the Tea and then the Kool-Aid and it ate what they had left of brains after Shrub and Fox had dumbed it all down for them to swallow.

[tenderfoot]

13. My tinfoil hat says: Trump was installed in effort to make W look "not that bad"

[Joinfortmill]

15. And it worked.

[OMGWTF]

35. W wasn't even invited to attend the 2008 reThuglican CONvention.

[Joinfortmill]

14. God, Trump is sickening

[Yavin4]

16. The Bush family should endorse Biden

There are Republicans that voted for Trump in 2016 but can't stand him. The Bush family's endorsement of Biden may move a sizeable chunk over to him.

I'm hoping that Cynthia McCain endorses Biden as well.

[leftieNanner]

23. I think Megan already has nt

[no_hypocrisy]

17. Bush is truer to Christian principles with this statement than

the False Prophet currently occupying the Oval Office.

[OMGWTF]

36. Trump is The Beast

And "They shall wear the 'Mark of The Beast' upon their foreheads" equals MAGA hats.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Trump's pissed because Bush no longer holds the title of "Worst President ever."

It's your prized Trumpy.

[bucolic_frolic]

19. The Greatest Hoax in American History was Trump's Election in 2016

Feel the projection?

[duforsure]

21. Trump sows division, and uses hate and fear

He doesn't want a United States, and he attacks trying to intimidate , then threatens. Trump is doing things weakening this country. W Bush tried to expose to trumpets we're all Americans first, which trump doesn't want that realized. He wants to pit people against each other, and then he incites others to be violent. He's put ins puppet

[RKP5637]

22. tRump, has serious mental issues, and I would say this even if he were a D or I. n/t

[C Moon]

26. That's because Trump is LOVING the gun thumping morons breaking the law.

[sop]

27. Trump's rapidly burning every bridge in the Republican party, isn't he?

[DinahMoeHum]

39. He's done the same thing with our former Presidents. . .

. . .which is why come end of January 20, 2021, Trump will NEVER be looked upon as one of them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/coronavirus-trump-presidents.html



Soon to be out later this month:
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062668974/team-of-five/


#newrostrong

[barbtries]

29. of course he did.

it's all he can do. he is incapable of doing otherwise. a severely damaged person.

[not_the_one]

56. A man who had every possible opportunity given to him on a silver platter...

yet still is "severely damaged".

Whiny bastard turd. He has no excuse, other than he takes PRIDE in the fact that he is a heartless turd. He didn't happen by accident. He worked VERY HARD at it.

Bless his motherfucking heart.

[barbtries]

57. don't think i have any compassion for him

because i acknowledge his pathologies. they do exist.

[VarryOn]

37. Be a good ex-President GWB...

And keep your opinions to yourself, being correct on this one, notwithstanding.

[rickyhall]

38. DT is the Greatest Scam in American History.

[Roy Rolling]

45. Nobody Predicted This

[Blue Owl]

46. Hey Trump go take a convertible motorcade ride through Dealy Plaza

n/t

[Vogon_Glory]

49. Orange Julius' comments about Dubya may hurt him in Texas

Dubya may still have a reservoir of popularity among Texas Republicans. Not much, perhaps, but more than in other places (Seen as a Texan and all that). If resentment concerning Donnie’s bad-mouthing Dubya lingers into October, it might inspire a lot of Texas Republicans to stay home. If the number of disgusted Texas Republicans is high enough, the great red capstone may collapse for the first time since 1980.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

51. Yep, it's always all about him.

Trump is the epitome of the idea that “people only care about themselves”, espoused by right-wingers when they project how THEY think.

No wonder Trump comes across as “genuine” to them.

[riversedge]

52. Gee it never passed Trumps pee brain that perhaps Bush would love to see him convicted in the Senate

Trump rips George W. Bush after he calls for unity amid coronavirus outbreak
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-rips-george-w-bush-after-he-calls-for-unity-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/ar-BB13xd1J?li=BBnb7Kz

Link to tweet

?s=20



.............In an early morning tweet on Sunday, Trump called out Bush for his failure to support him as he faced an impeachment trial earlier this year over his alleged dealings with Ukraine. He cited apparent comments from Fox News anchor Pete Hegseth, who asked why Bush didn't push for "putting partisanship aside" amid the trial.

"He was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest Hoax in American history," Trump said.

The House impeached Trump last December for allegedly pressuring Ukraine to open an investigation into his Democratic political rivals. The president was acquitted by the Senate in February.

While Bush never commented publicly on the allegations and the trial, he and other members of his family have voiced criticism of the president and his policies.

The former president released the video as confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, continued to rise in parts of the U.S. The country has confirmed more than 1.1 million COVID-19 cases and more than 66,000 deaths from it.

Bush invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in his message, noting that the U.S. has faced "times of testing before."

"Let's remember that the suffering we experience as a nation does not fall evenly. In the days to come, it will be especially important to care in practical ways for the elderly, the ill and the unemployed," he said.....................................

[MissMillie]

53. As is usual... he plays victim

To bad he doesn't know how to play leader.

[Paladin]

54. I never dreamed we'd have a president who makes GWB look comparatively good.

But trump makes GWB look like Winston Churchill.

[Maxheader]

55. Now stumpy..

Your jealous because the shrub family is famous for getting us into a war..killing tens of thousands..

and made the rich...richer..

And filth like you would love to be famous too...

[Daxter]

58. I can't believe I am saying this

Bush isn’t the worst president of the 21st century, Trump is by far way worse which is saying a lot. Trump has done damage to our country that we will never recover from.

[LiberalLovinLug]

59. I am always astounded at Republicans ability to switch allegiances so quickly

From 2001 - 2008 anyone dared to criticize our Commander in Chief for any reason was anti-American. He could do no wrong to his base. Lying about yellow cake in Africa, illegally spying on average Americans with the NSA fishing, and lying about WMDs, a dire recession, to name a few things. Just like Trump, they blindly, not just supported but, adored him, and vigorously attacked the attacker. Coulter was on her game back then. I remember one documentary at the time "Jesus Camp" I think, where they had a life size cardboard statue of GW Bush to pray to.

Then.....Obama gets elected. Partly because of GW Bush's policies, and suddenly the GOP turns on a dime. While Democrats are happy and want to see former D Presidents at their conventions, it was a noticeable absence that at their very first convention after 2008, Bush and Cheney were nowhere to be found Not invited. This after the last one where they had a huge stage with the Presidential seal, and Bush and Cheney were treated like rock stars.

[Jimbo S]

63. The same will happen to Trump

They only love him now because he owns the libs. Once he is out of power, they'll toss him like yesterday's newspaper.

[LiberalLovinLug]

64. I'd like to see that happen.

It will, to a degree. But I think Trump will be a different animal than any other ex-President. They are now stuck with him. He will not go quietly into the night. And lord knows he's not going to spend his time helping children with AIDs in Africa, or build homes for the poor. Or immerse himself in self-indulgent art painting, that bothers no one else.

No, Trump will crave the spotlight still. If he is healthy enough, he will probably be the figurehead for a new media network to keep the MAGA "revolution" going. He won't even have to put up his own money. The Kochs and others will gladly finance such a big weapon to "own the libtards". With QAnon and InfoWars conspiracy contributors. And it will get great ratings because half will be watching in rapture at every word of their cult leader, and the other will be watching it to watch a train wreck. And the MSM won't be able to help themselves in highlighting it and re-broadcasting parts of it and discussing the shocking stores promoted on it for days on end.

Even if he doesn't set all that up, he will be tweeting non stop every day with more lies. Until the day he can't pick up a phone anymore. The "don't criticize former Presidents" that other former POTUS have adhered to, won't apply to him. And all this will especially happen if Biden follows Obamas "cap in hand" "we go high" approach and declare the new AG will NOT be investigating Trump anymore and that we all just have to "move forward". Which I suspect will happen.