mellincf
10-19-2017, 07:06 PM
During a speech in New York (and in the spirit of Michelle Obama), the younger Bush eviscerated the president without mentioning his name.
Former President George W. Bush on Thursday denounced bigotry in Trump-era American politics, warning that the rise of “nativism,” isolationism and conspiracy theories have clouded the nation’s true identity.
If it hadn't been clear that Bush was speaking to an audience of one, the former president was helpful enough to confirm it: When asked by a reporter after the speech whether he thought his message would make its way to the White House, he reportedly smiled, nodded, and responded, “I think it will.”
His remarks represented a sharp departure from the relative silence he has maintained in the wake of Trump's election.
Aside from letting it slip just after the election that he and his wife, Barbara Bush, did not vote for Trump, and allegedly remarking at Trump's inauguration—in between famously wrestling with his rain poncho—that “that was some weird ****,” Bush has stayed quiet. He displayed similar restraint when it came to Barack Obama; over the course of Obama's two terms, Bush was more likely to be found painting watercolors of terriers than he was to speak out against the 44th president's political views.
Former President George W. Bush on Thursday denounced bigotry in Trump-era American politics, warning that the rise of “nativism,” isolationism and conspiracy theories have clouded the nation’s true identity.
If it hadn't been clear that Bush was speaking to an audience of one, the former president was helpful enough to confirm it: When asked by a reporter after the speech whether he thought his message would make its way to the White House, he reportedly smiled, nodded, and responded, “I think it will.”
His remarks represented a sharp departure from the relative silence he has maintained in the wake of Trump's election.
Aside from letting it slip just after the election that he and his wife, Barbara Bush, did not vote for Trump, and allegedly remarking at Trump's inauguration—in between famously wrestling with his rain poncho—that “that was some weird ****,” Bush has stayed quiet. He displayed similar restraint when it came to Barack Obama; over the course of Obama's two terms, Bush was more likely to be found painting watercolors of terriers than he was to speak out against the 44th president's political views.