Trump Slams Bush: Iraq Invasion "Single Worst Decision Ever Made"

President Trump slammed former President George W. Bush over the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq - referring to it as "the single worst decision ever made," and that it was comparable to "throwing a big fat brick into a hornet's nest."  

Speaking to a group of GOP donors at a Mar-a-Lago closed door lunch and fundraiser, Trump also mocked Bush's intellect: "Here we are, like the dummies of the world, because we had bad politicians running our country for a long time," reported CNN - which obtained leaked audio from the event. 

"That was Bush. Another real genius. That was Bush," Trump joked. "That turned out to be wonderful intelligence. Great intelligence agency there."

In the past, Trump has been notoriously critical of the decision to invade Iraq, slamming Jeb Bush during the 2016 primaries over his brother's decision to invade.

Bush snarks back

Former President Bush - despite rarely criticizing President Obama - only took a month into Trump's presidency to begin tossing barbs. Following Trump's controversial Executive Order banning travel from several countries associated with terrorism, Bush 43 said: "I don’t like the racism and I don’t like  the name-calling and I don’t like the people feeling alienated. Nobody likes that." 

Last October, Bush indirectly slammed Trump at a policy seminar in New York - telling the audience “We have seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty... We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism.”

“Bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone, provides permission for cruelty and bigotry, and compromises the moral education of children,” said Bush. “The only way to pass along civic values is to first live up to them.”

Trump and the Bush family have had a good relationship - as neither George W. Bush, his father former President George H.W. Bush, or Jeb Bush endorsed him during the 2016 election. 

Comments

Bes Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:07 Permalink

hahahaha!!!

but he continues to want to give the MIC

$700,000,000,000+ a year

and god knows how much more off the books....

and he still hasn't pulled troops out of anywhere

and he is expanding and keeping Guantanamo Bay open

what a joke

Pandelis BaBaBouy Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:16 Permalink

 

PIPELINES

 

somebody pls tell trumpi it is about PIPELINES (or potentially the biggest ever TO BE discovered oil fields in the entire universe like in the case of Cyprus)... JP Morgan guy fiasco with bitcoin (what did he say, he was going to fire anyone trading bitcoin), Trump too late to jump on board with ISIS game (aka PIPELINES; what did he say he had a plan for Eastern Ghouta ... yeah right tell that to Kushner if you got the balls) ... where do these guys live?  none tells them anything ...

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toady Pandelis Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:17 Permalink

Gotta say... I agree 100%

This still haughts me... all these years later, it still pops in my head, "why"?

I run through various scenarios, for the oil? for the pipelines? for the Kurds? for the Sunnis? for the Jews? All minor possibilities, but none that make sense in the end.

Certainly not for the American people as it was sold.... "we have to fight them there so we don't have to fight them here" HA! Still makes me laugh... until I think of the thousands of lives lost and tens of thousands ruined, and the trillions just simply thrown away for nothing.

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hedgeless_horseman toady Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:20 Permalink

 

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

So if we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto, 
we'll just be bogus too." 

 -Jeff Spicol

Can I still dream that MAGA wasn't just another lie by a politician?  No.  Probably not.

 

5) Enforce The War Powers Act and repeal The Patriot Act

Stop it with the boogey man scare tactics.

6) Close all 800 or so overseas military bases and cancel all foreign aid

Make America great again, not Turkistan, not Israel, not Afghanistan, not Poland, not the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but America.

7) Pass a law that only people eligible to vote for a candidate may contribute to that candidate

So, it is bad for Russia to influence our elections, but ok for Mexico, Israel, and Saudi Arabia?  Stop the hypocrisy.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-25/quick-and-simple-plan-politic…

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dasein211 hedgeless_horseman Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:27 Permalink

Bush was a horrible idiot who followed the MIC into chaos. Trump is a horrible idiot who tells people whatever they want to hear so he can get what he wants. Obama was a horrible idiot for allowing the banks to dictate the “recovery” and selling the soul of the American economy to them. They are all useless. Waiting for a “savior” is foolish. We need to save ourselves. It starts by taking back control of the currency. Whether it’s Bitcoin, Gold, Bitcoin or cryptos backed by precious metals, we will never be rid of them until we restart the system with something new. We decide to give power to money-not them. And fighting over pathetic distractions like race, religion and political leanings only serves them so that they can vacuum up even more power.  

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veritas semper… Anarchyteez Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:20 Permalink

Exactly.

If it was single worst decision made,why are American troops still there?

How about Afghanistan,after 17 years ?Where HE increased the troops.

A war for no reason(blocking TAPI pipeline,trafficking heroin through See Eye Ayy and NATO base,blocking OBOR and opening a second front ,in the N against IRAN,ALL these do not count in my book as reasons for war)

How about the troops in Syria,the Donald?

And let's ask the final question: how about the 800 or 900 military bases every -f*cking- where ? Cause HE is the commander-in-chief,isn't he?

I know this is going to be unpopular here,but I don't care.

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coaltar Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:11 Permalink

These "genius" presidents we keep finding ourselves under sure seem to me to just be exercises in humiliating everyone in the country. Actors playing incompetent fools, or actual fools promoted as a nefarious psyop... Either way, I just enjoy the show.

HyeM Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:15 Permalink

even if you never agreed with ANYTHING Trump has said or done....you have to admit he is 100% correct with this assessment (and he is neither the first or only person to say it).

 

As a disabled US Army Vet with 2 deployments to Iraqi, i agree the invasion (fake reason for going in, the manner in which it was fought, the casualties on BOTH sides)...is horrible and unjustifiable. Every time i see a picture of Bush i want to punch him in the throat...an idiot with a Yale master's degree, that doesnt have a command of the English language (words like strategery, etc.), commanding an Army and determine the faith of countless people. 

But  as Shakespeare wrote, "real power lies behind the throne" ... and the puppet masters used the dumb-ass Bush to horrible consequences.

wtftech Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:21 Permalink

Trump;
Ended the 70year Korea war in his first year as a pol.
Provided tax cuts for the poor.
Stopped the mandatory healthcare insurance tax.
Awakened the country to fake MSM programming.
Closed loopholes in 5 spy network.

Stopped the war in Syria from expanding.

Told Israel to fight there own wars.

according to data: Being seen with bib/proisrael can be a detriment if/when he is procuecuted or they commit more war crimes.

Being seen taking advice from former bush(war criminal) appointees can be seen as a detriment also.
...

A 2020 candidate that is antiwar/antiisrael pro-America pro-jobs will win in a landslide.

goodluck love

CatInTheHat Sun, 03/04/2018 - 11:22 Permalink

Trump, the one who is putting 30,000 troops in Syria, illegally occupying the country.

Trump, whose arming ISIS/Al Nusra to create terrorism in Eastern Ghouta, using citizens as human shields.

Trump, who authorized 44 million of weapons to the neonazi government in the Ukraine, installed by Obama in 2014.

Trump, who sold billions of weapons to the House of SOD.

Trump, who sent more mercenaries and troops to Afghanistan to keep the opioates flowing into the US, drug overdose rates high and filling our prisons for profit.

Trump, who is Bibi's poodle and will get out of the Iran nuke deal so Israhell can freely attack it and Lebanon. 

George Bush is a genuine POS, who should have stood trial for treason and war crimes and crimes against humanity...