Trump on W: "The World Trade Center came down during his reign"

[WI_DEM]

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

— Donald Trump, in an interview with Bloomberg, in the 9/11 terrorist attacks which took place during President George W. Bush’s first term.

http://politicalwire.com/2015/10/16/trump-quote-of-the-day-70/

I gotta hand it to "The Donald" he got it right and I wish more Democrats would say this when Jeb! or the media starts spouting "He kept us safe."

[City Lights]

1. Haha, his GOPee pals aren't gonna like this!

[malaise]

2. It's an indisputable fact

I never get that crap about keeping America safe. George Bush was in charge - he was responsible and he and his goons created this entire fucking mess.

[randys1]

3. THe interviewer instantly says "you cant hold bush responsible for that"

as if that is a given position to take.

YES, we can and do.

[malaise]

4. But Hillary is responsible for Benghazi

Fugg them - Bush and his goons are responsible for 9/11 and the entire mess in Iraq and the ME.

[randys1]

5. Obama is Superman. When you consider the world of hurt we were in both in the ME and

economically and that his own government refused to help him in getting anything done.

The greatest terrorists known to America are the teaparty, American Taliban.

[malaise]

8. On the contrary his own government not only refused to help with getting anything done

they sabotaged him big time.

[randys1]

9. That's what I said, that he accomplished what he did with no help...

oh yeah, and sabotage, i see you are adding not correcting

[malaise]

10. Yep

just adding and acknowledging your first part.

[randys1]

11. How much longer can POC stay on a site that has so much racism?

I ask the same about LGBT folks.

[ZX86]

31. You most certainly can hold bush responsible for that!

1. He failed to heed warnings before the attack.





2. He failed to act during the attack.




3. He failed to catch Bin Laden after the attack.

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

"I am truly not that concerned about him."
- G.W. Bush, repsonding to a question about bin Laden's whereabouts,
3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)

[madokie]

42. The day of the attack he ran around the country like a chicken

with it's head cut off like they do after they've been beheaded. We didn't know where he was for Hours. If that wasn't enough to convince anyone that he was in on it, or knew about it before hand then nothing one can say or do will convince them.
Yea these mo'fos were complicit if anyone was anything.

[hifiguy]

44. Did His Chimperial Highness

ever NOT have a completely dopey expression on his mug?







By Celestia, he is a continuing embarrassment to humanity.

[Rex]

6. Oh my!

[NCjack]

7. The next Trump-JEB! interactions at the next GOP debate will be cordial -- not.

Finally, we will get a debate on the responsibility for the 9/11 attack.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. "Reign"?

He's looking forward to the coronation of Donald I, protector of the realm, etc, etc.

[WI_DEM]

19. Well in a way he's right--W wasn't elected--he was appointed by five members of the U.S

Supreme Court, so I would say "reign" is appropriate.

[christx30]

23. LIke an older version of

Joffrey Baratheon.

[hay rick]

49. My reaction too.

The pretense of democracy is irritating to the real plutocratic rulers.

[FloridaBlues]

13. This has been the only statement I have agreed with him.

[Kingofalldems]

14. Bush to CIA agent in August 2001:

'You covered your ass.'

[arcane1]

27. Followed by a 4-week vacation, eight months into his presidency.

Funny how that never comes up.

[TransitJohn]

15. "Reign"?!?!??

[onenote]

32. I'm actually amused by his use of the term "reign".

We used it here at DU to refer to Chimpy's time in office on many occasions.

[hifiguy]

45. The Reign of Error.

[treestar]

53. What I thought - is that what Trump thinks he would have

in the unlikely event he won?

[Laffy Kat]

16. Sh#t! I hate it when I agree with Trump.

Gonna go put my head in the oven now.

[BootinUp]

17. Trump should take care, I mean watch his back, lol.

[madokie]

43. You can bet

the long knives have been drawn. I wouldn't give two shits for his life now even if my life depended on it
The BFEE do things seriously like, they don't fuck around. The donald ain't shit to them. They've taken down much bigger fish than he'll ever be. my bet is he will walk this back in some way shortly, if he doesn't have a death wish that is

[hifiguy]

46. No shit.

People who cross the Bush Crime Family have a tendency to disappear or get suicided.

[madokie]

52. Yup

seems to be a long line of 'm too

poppy is the only person in the usa who doesn't remember where he was on that faithful day in Dallas all those years ago.
I remember exactly where I was

[Xyzse]

18. Dang... Reign? Could have used:

"His Term"
"His Administration"
"His Era"
"His Guardianship"
"His Responsibility"

Well, I guess that's fine too. Clock gets it right twice for a minute each day.

[hifiguy]

20. Oh my, the Orangutoid Bankrupt has let

an untoward number of cats out of the bag, hasn't he?

Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then.

The Bush Crime Family is not going to take this lying down.

[Vinca]

21. Jeb's "he kept us safe" line drives me out of my mind.

Sure, Jeb. Except for that one day that was worse than Pearl Harbor.

[tblue37]

22. "Reign." Trump does think he's running to be an absolute monarch. I have been saying that all along.

[napkinz]

24. "my brother kept us safe" ...

[deutsey]

39. +1

[spanone]

25. K&R...

[itsrobert]

26. Doesn't the Texas History books have Obama as President during 9/11?

One has to wonder if my question is serious

[Fumesucker]

34. Remember when the story was departing Clinton staff pried the "W" keys off the keyboards?

Odd how that foreshadowed the Republican party forgetting entirely about W.

[Rocknrule]

62. No, they have Clinton as president on 9/11,

Obama as president when the economy tanked, and W as the guy who caught bin Laden

[Nye Bevan]

28. Hey, got to give credit where it's due. He's right on the money here (nt)

[Turbineguy]

29. King Donald, Dei Gratias

Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue well.

[malaise]

30. He should have said rule and not reign

monarchs reign - sure Trump would like to reign but it's rule.

[restorefreedom]

33. trump is right on something

did the rotation of the earth just change? does anyone else feel a cold wind?

[malaise]

38. I hate Trump but he is stating a fact

that needs to be repeated three times a day.

[restorefreedom]

51. at least ......nt

[hifiguy]

47. It actually happened!

[restorefreedom]

50. lol! nt

[napkinz]

35. Donald, don't forget Katrina ...

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

36. 'during his reign'. Heh, yup.

Why I always called for 'regime change' here in the US while that particular oligarch was in power.

He wasn't governing, he was reigning, in a reign of terror.

[malaise]

37. It's all over the networks tonight

JebusEnoughFuggingBushes is condemning Trump - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahaha - won't change the facts stupid. 9/11happened under your brother's rule - simple FACT.

[napkinz]

40. as Dubya would say, it's all over the internets too

[malaise]

48. LOL

Trump actually said time first and then reign

[yallerdawg]

41. Sssshhhhh!

You're not supposed to remind people "The Donald" is really a Democrat!

Not until it is too late!

[napkinz]

54. Bill Maher and Chris Matthews Tear Into Jeb: "How Can He Get Away with Saying W Kept Us Safe?!"

https://www.facebook.com/Bipartisanism/videos/893314344078908 (click to see this video; not yet available on youtube)

[malaise]

55. I can't believe that fucking family and their goons

really think they can change the fact that Bush was in charge on 9/11?
Just imagine if the President in charge that day was from the Democratic Party - they cannot change the facts.

[BootinUp]

57. The only fact that they have shown is that they are

extremely good at controlling what people will say about them. I think it will be very interesting to see how the repuke party reacts to Trumps latest violation of Bush etiquette and what it means for the repuke primary.

[malaise]

59. Well said - hopefully TRUTH will tear up that meme

forever.
It matters not how ReTHUGs react to Trump stating a fact - it's up to Democrats and rational folks to keep repeating the fact - Bush was in charge on 9/11.

[napkinz]

58. and Bush IGNORED the August memo warning of an imminent attack

[bigwillq]

56. Have to agree with DT here (nt)

[melman]

60. The best part

is a lot of Trump's idiot supporters also love the Shrub and they don't know how to process this!

[mulsh]

61. ever notice how with Repubs it "reign" but with Dems its "term" words have meaning .

n/t

[nolabear]

63. "Reign" is a tell. That's his perception of what his administration would be.

Not to mention a complete lack of knowledge about how weird that sounds and what public service actually is.

[napkinz]

64. kick