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tulipsandroses

(5,092 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:03 AM Apr 2020

What Trump said in 2016 debate about a president keeping us safe

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 Center—the World—excuse 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 didn’t kill Osama bin Laden when he had the chance to kill him.

TRUMP: And George Bush—by the way, George Bush had the chance, also, and he didn’t listen to the advice of his CIA.

[link:https://thebulwark.com/newsletter-issue/donald-trumps-
blame-game/|

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.

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What Trump said in 2016 debate about a president keeping us safe (Original Post) tulipsandroses Apr 2020 OP
The "reign" of George Bush. LisaM Apr 2020 #1
Oh yes, and he personally watched the scene himself. BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #2
Yeah, damn near everything that comes out his mouth is a lie tulipsandroses Apr 2020 #3
I'm calling bullshit here jmowreader Apr 2020 #4

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
2. Oh yes, and he personally watched the scene himself.
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:24 AM
Apr 2020

"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)
3. Yeah, damn near everything that comes out his mouth is a lie
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:33 AM
Apr 2020

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)
4. I'm calling bullshit here
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:42 AM
Apr 2020

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.

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