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Transcript of exchange between Jeb Bush, Rubio and Trump from 2016 debate.
He was asked about comments he made about Impeaching Bush.
TRUMP: How did he keep us safe when the World Trade Centerthe Worldexcuse me. I lost hundreds of friends. The World Trade Center came down during the reign of George Bush. He kept us safe? That is not safe. That is not safe, Marco. That is not safe.
RUBIO: The World Trade Center came down because Bill Clinton didnt kill Osama bin Laden when he had the chance to kill him.
TRUMP: And George Bushby the way, George Bush had the chance, also, and he didnt listen to the advice of his CIA.
[link:https://thebulwark.com/newsletter-issue/donald-trumps-
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So according to Trump, then president Bush should have kept us safe. We know Trump was lying, but he was insinuatng he lost hundreds of friends because Bush did not keep us safe.
Fastforward to 2020 - When asked about responsibility, he said he had no responsibility.
LisaM
(27,759 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)"By the time Mr. Trump hit the campaign trail in 2015, those initial stories had evolved into a mishmash of unproven claims: At a rally, he said he had watched people jump with his own eyes possibly through a solid gold telescope at Trump Tower. That claim is unproven, and Trump Tower is about four miles from the World Trade Center site. He also shared another widely debunked claim that Muslims in New Jersey were celebrating after the planes hit."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/us/politics/trump-9-11-fact-check.html
Fucking moron and liar.
tulipsandroses
(5,092 posts)I would love someone to use his own words from the debate to ask him If he thinks he should be impeached for failing to protect us.
If he assigned blame to Bush for failing to act, then he has done the same. Failed to act and now thousands or hundreds of thousands will die. Far more than 911. He could not have prevented the virus from reaching our shores, but he could have taken steps to minimize the impact.
jmowreader
(50,448 posts)Trump has no friends. There are three groups of people in his life: people he either is having sex with or desires to have sex with; people who owe him money; and people he owes money to.