Fourteen Years Later

Ken AshfordElection 2016Leave a Comment

It took fourteen years, but a major player in the Republican Party has finally acknowledged that 9/11 happened during George Bush’s presidency and that the former Bush cannot really own the claim that “he kept us safe”.   The most amazing thing is the person saying that is in the lead for becoming the next GOP nominee.  Yeah, Trump went there today.

The feud began Friday morning when Trump implied that the former president could share some blame for the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans, as he was in office at the time.

“When you talk about George Bush, I mean, say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time,” Trump said Friday morning on Bloomberg TV.

Bloomberg anchor Stephanie Ruhle interjected, “Hold on, you can’t blame George Bush for that,” before Trump stood by his comments.

“He was president, OK? … Blame him, or don’t blame him, but he was president. The World Trade Center came down during his reign,” Trump said.

The comments came in response to a question from Ruhle about Trump’s “soft hand.” She said the world had seen his strong side, but Bush after 9/11 and President Barack Obama after the Sandy Hook massacre both had to stand in front of America and show a different side of them.

“I need to know that you will make us feel safe and you will make us feel proud,” Ruhle said to Trump.

“I think I have a bigger heart than all of them. I think I’m much more competent than all of them,” Trump said, before getting into the criticism of Bush.

You have to admit….

For his part, candidate Jeb! responded with a Tweet:

“My brother kept us safe” is like saying presidential security was really good during Act One of “Our American Cousin”.

Trump is (I hate to say this) right.  And if it were any other Republican, they would be reviled for saying this obvious truth.  Can Trump get away with it?  I think he can.