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Top George W. Bush speechwriter: 'Trump presidency is not just unfolding, it is unraveling'
Washington Examiner ^ | Aug 20 2019 | Tim Pearce

Posted on 08/27/2019 5:15:37 PM PDT by rintintin

Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, who worked in the White House under former President George W. Bush, said the Trump presidency is “unraveling.”

Gerson bashed President Trump in his latest column published Thursday. Bush’s top aide and director of presidential speech writing outlined a series of attacks against Trump and his policies from immigration and foreign policy to the president’s unpredictable rhetoric.

"The Trump presidency is not just unfolding, it is unraveling. All narcissists believe they are at the center of the universe," Gerson wrote. "But what happens when a narcissist is actually placed at the center of the universe? The 'chosen one' happens."

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bushie; fakenews; globalist; michaelgerson; nevertrumper; rino; tds
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To: JBW1949

Well, I was speaking to basic, personally defensive, motivation.

(What they fail to understand is a whole ‘nother Universe ;-)


41 posted on 08/27/2019 5:42:54 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: Innovative

When someone seizes upon the humorously sarcastic throwaway line, I’m the chosen one,” as evidence that Trump’s presidency is unraveling, that’s all you need to know to disregard the entire piece.


42 posted on 08/27/2019 5:44:24 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: rintintin

I was once a huge supporter of the Bush Presidents and put my money where my mouth was. The fact that they wouldn’t stand strong against the leftist lie machine nauseated me.


43 posted on 08/27/2019 5:44:56 PM PDT by Kahuna
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To: BEJ

You’re too easy on Bush

Bush’s problem wasn’t that he failed to defend his policies, including the Iraq war. His problem was the policies themselves. Many were literally disastrous

Re Iraq for instance, Trump called Bush’s invasion of Iraq the stupidest foreign policy decision in modern US history. And Trump was right. Bush created such a mess there that US officials incur the president still can’t safely visit - 16 years after we invaded


44 posted on 08/27/2019 5:45:59 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: rintintin

“All narcissists believe they are at the center of the universe,” Gerson wrote. True.

Trump is not a narcissist. True.

Why do people deliberately slander the president? It is harmful to patriotic Americans.


45 posted on 08/27/2019 5:46:22 PM PDT by Falconspeed
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To: rintintin

The only thing unraveling is the New World Order. Thank you President Trump.


46 posted on 08/27/2019 5:46:24 PM PDT by McGruff (If you hate our Country, or if you are not happy here, you can leave!)
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To: rintintin

Wonder why gerson never got around to mentioning anything specific?


47 posted on 08/27/2019 5:49:12 PM PDT by robel
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To: Jamestown1630

I see....


48 posted on 08/27/2019 5:51:51 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: thefactor

If the powers that be that hate Trump do manage to push us into depression, do you think that Trump supporters will jump ship and vote for the democrat? I just can’t see people leaving Trump and voting for the Democrat, but then I could be wrong, I often am.


49 posted on 08/27/2019 5:53:20 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: rintintin

George Bush is high on the list of worst Presidents.


50 posted on 08/27/2019 5:54:09 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Magnatron

The entire Bush family going back generations and forward generations are parasites.


51 posted on 08/27/2019 5:55:39 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Say what you will about The Donald, but he has all the right enemies.)
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To: rintintin

One thing I have always liked about President Trump is that has all the right enemies.


52 posted on 08/27/2019 5:56:48 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: rintintin

Gerson is mistaking confidence, love of country and leadership for narcissism. Nice try, won’t fly, Mike. Thanks President Donald J. Trump!


53 posted on 08/27/2019 5:57:32 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: rintintin

WOW! Big News - A Never-Trumper from the Castrati Wing of the RINOs doesn’t like Trump.


54 posted on 08/27/2019 5:58:54 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: Magnatron

Worse tham Obama.


55 posted on 08/27/2019 5:59:50 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: rintintin
>>Gerson wrote. "But what happens when a narcissist is actually placed at the center of the universe?"

#ImeImeImeMyMineImeMineImeMyme

56 posted on 08/27/2019 6:01:54 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: rintintin

I watched several clips of this guy from Election Night 2016 as a guest panelist on one of the major networks. As the night wore on and it was becoming more apparent that Trump was going to be elected, he had a look and a demeanor that I’d expect to see from someone whose house had just been burned to the ground.


57 posted on 08/27/2019 6:03:44 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." -- Frederick Douglass)
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To: rintintin

IMO damn near everything that is a legacy of ALL the Bushes is a steaming pantload.

A Bush speechwriter. Hmm, now there’s someone upon whose opinion I would place no value.


58 posted on 08/27/2019 6:03:57 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: rintintin

This guy is jealous. Trump’s speeches are infinitely better than W’s.


59 posted on 08/27/2019 6:04:56 PM PDT by Chgogal (Trump: Make America Great Again. Democrat: Make America Mexico Again.)
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To: rintintin

Imagine what it would have been like under Jeb! A whole government department to attend to the needs of illegals.


60 posted on 08/27/2019 6:09:33 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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