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.
Jeb, why did your brother attack and destabalize the Middle East by attacking Iraq when there were no weapons of mass destruction? Bad info?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2015
"@FlightAJ: Hey @realDonaldTrump what is your view on George Bush?" He got us into Iraq instead of making America great again. Not good!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 17, 2014
We spent TWO TRILLION DOLLARS in Iraq and got NOTHING. Now we are going back and will again get NOTHING because our leaders are clueless!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2014
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.
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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
Seems he forgot about war criminal Cheney
In reply to hahaha by Bes
Yup, Its a great skill to be able to Speak from BOTH Sides of the mouth at the same Time ~
In reply to Seems he forgot about war… by cossack55
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 ...
In reply to Speaks by BaBaBouy
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.
In reply to PIPELINES by Pandelis
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Can I still dream that MAGA wasn't just another lie by a politician? No. Probably not.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-25/quick-and-simple-plan-politic…
In reply to Gotta say... by toady
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.
In reply to … by hedgeless_horseman
big fat brick of cocaine? pot shot at Dubya's vices?
In reply to PIPELINES by Pandelis
Uncle Tom sidekick...Colon Bowel...
In reply to Seems he forgot about war… by cossack55
Retired artist/painter Bush..experienced at.white washing....
In reply to hahaha by Bes
No Trump, the single worst decision happened in 1913. The rest are just symptoms.
True; tho that decision may have never happened if not for Supreme Court decision 119 US 394* in 1886 where corporations were given equal 14th Amendment protections .
*(Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company)
In reply to No Trump, the single worst… by FreeShitter
Then bring all our troops home now!
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.
In reply to Then bring all our troops hom by Anarchyteez
someone went to jail?no?
so stfu
probably realizing that the war was actually for the poppy fields in Afghanistan. we do love our opiates here!
Yea right, because no one could get opiates before 2001. You are genius.
In reply to probably realizing that the… by wishDr.
And there were no labs producing synthetics.
In reply to Yea right, because no one… by Quantify
Pre crash scapegoat hunting Trump .....
Best thing Bush ever did. Islam needs an enema and now they are giving themselves one. All they needed was a little prod.
earth needs an enema fullstop
In reply to Best thing Bush ever did… by Quantify
Its coming.
In reply to earth needs an enema fullstop by D.T.Barnum
It's the Satanists and Moneychangers who need the enemas. Mother Earth needs the love and so do the human beings living under the evil tyrants.
In reply to earth needs an enema fullstop by D.T.Barnum
Obvious is obvious.
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.
trump was just trolling jeb. in regards to iraq, don't start anything you can't finish.
Gold for bread. Yes, gold is money
https://youtu.be/sN3iITo7gNA
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.
It was so obvious the grounds for invasion were fake.
In reply to even if you never agreed… by HyeM
nine eleven and nukes
this country ate it all - hook, line, sinker
in fact, many cannot be bothered to extract the aforementioned hardware from their throats - even now.
In reply to It was so obvious the… by Xena fobe
It would be a real shame to repeat the same mistake in Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, etc.
In reply to even if you never agreed… by HyeM
Bush's degree was bought and paid for like yobamas, without ever attending a class. These jerk-offs were so high they couldn't find their way to the little fellas room and often ended up in the little girls room.
In reply to even if you never agreed… by HyeM
hey Tyler- Does this story rate for coverage?
https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2018/03/putins-new-nuclear-sy…
Wow. Good for Trump. His poll numbers will soar.
Well,if he actually does something,like bring them home... his poll numbers might soar.
But , then again ,we're talking about Americans,so they might just be satisfied only by his tweets
In reply to Wow. Good for Trump. His… by Xena fobe
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
Right here: this is a good comic book . Or fiction one?
In reply to Trump;… by wtftech
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...
Ok, so Trump is a chindit-esque entertainment troll?
Not bad.
Then WHY THE FCK are YOU - TRUMP - invading SYRIA???
YOU'RE A FCKING MORON TRUMP - EVEN BY YOUR OWN DEFINITION!
The Orange JuMIC speaks forkedly.