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Posted on 07/22/2017 7:37:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush criticised his former 2016 presidential primary foe President Donald Trump on Saturday over his first six months in office.
Speaking at OZY Fest in New York, Bush slammed Trump’s chaotic style of governance and failure to focus on his policy goals. He singled out reports that Trump recently suggested that he may attempt to pre-pardon himself to preempt a federal investigation by independent counsel Robert Mueller.
“You get disciplined when your team says, ‘No, Mr. President, let’s stay focused on these policy objectives,'” Bush said. “Don’t disparage people, don’t go after Mueller, don’t say you’re going to pardon yourself or whatever. Don’t do all that. Govern.”
At times, the governor appeared to slip back into campaign mode, saying that Trump didn’t always represent the Republican party, noting he was registered as a Democrat in the district where OZY Fest was being held.
He also said the 45th president wasn’t serving as a symbol for the country to succeed.
“The president is the prime minister and the king. He or she, eventually, will be the symbol of the country, and also the prime minister responsible for making government work,” Bush said. “And right now, our president doesn’t view that job as important. Look at history. History is important. When presidents inspire us, we do better. And that’s what we need to get back to.”
Asked to prognosticate on the 2020 election, Bush said it was too early to make predictions, noting that Trump changes the political conversation each morning with his tweets.
“He unleashed five tweets today about stuff that jeopardizes his legal situation, insults somebody, goes back to the 2016 election, none of which is relevant to getting tax relief done, regulatory reform done,” Bush said. “This is going to be a long ride between 2018 in January, much less 2020.”
But the Florida governor also reserved some ire for members of his own party, knocking Republicans who were scared of crossing interest groups or conservative base voters, and suggesting that there should be term limits for members of Congress to spur politicians to act without fear of political retribution.
“If Barack Obama did something as it related to Russia and you say, ‘This is outrageous,’ then when your guy does the same thing, have the same passion to be critical,” Bush said.
He continued: “Does everything have to be a political calculus? ‘Oh my god if I say something, there will be an opponent, and there will be a third-party interest group come and give money to my opponent. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.’ This is not what public services should be about.”
Bush, who did not vote for Hillary Clinton or Trump during the 2016 election, has been critical of Trump repeatedly since the president took office. In May, he praised the president’s appointment of conservative Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, but described the White House as chaotic, and advised Trump to “stop tweeting” because it gives “our enemies all sorts of nuances and insights” into Trump’s mind.
Though he ruled out another presidential bid, the former Florida governor appeared alongside a number of other former and potentially future candidates during the summit who were critical of Trump’s first six months.
Bush joined businessman Mark Cuban onstage later in the festival where they jousted briefly about education reform, and spoke after Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who delivered a forceful argument for single-payer healthcare.
Former Vice President Joe Biden also make a brief appearance during his wife Dr. Jill Biden’s interview with Katie Couric to address 2020 presidential rumours.
“My hope and expectation is some of the younger folks will come up and lead the way, but if they don’t, Jill’s running,” Biden said.
I hate them most of the time.......sigh
Eloquent words and reasonable discourse are not necc when GFY will do just fine.
Must not have much to do but feed himself...
He is like Hillary, just can't handle losing...
Jeb, can you tell me one thing your brother or your crooked old man did other than NAFTA or getting us into two wars we’re still on? They’re the reason you’re a failure, Jeb.
Screw you Jeb. Screw you and your phony dirty dossier.
This loser couldn’t inspire anyone. Trump inspired. Trump won.
The entitled elitist frat boy is a sore loser. The idiot even stood on tip toes for a group photo. He’s pathetic.
Jeb! could have done a lot of good and help rehabilitate his name just by telling the truth.
That the whole Russia BS is an attempted soft coup and that we don’t do that in America.
Instead he choose to do the wrong thing and side with the Establishment Globalist cartel against the President and the American people.
Go pound sand Jeb!
Hey Jeb, maybe President Trump might want to shut your mouth by opening up the JFK assassination files when that becomes possible next month.....particularly the part about your father’s presence in Dallas on the fatal day?
Today’s Republicans are the equivalent of 1970’s-80’s Democrats. They are liberals in sheeps clothing. Sadly where do you go when both major political parties careen toward socialism and communism???
Hilihag would have tore him a new one he never had a chance in hell day one because his name was and is Bush.
No more shrubs
Jeb’s advice is pretty much bend over and take it in the arse. Sorry, not into that game anymore.
Besides the harry eid indictments (which are being blocked by Republicans), I do Yucca Mounain stuff. It the core republicans who want me to back off and not rock the boat on more fraud by the Greens and Dems. They make me sick.
Jen bush?! Who the F cares what he says, for goodness’ sakes. We have a nation to repair, save from all the obama HilLIARy pelosi soros damage — dear mass media: report on real news that letters or GTH
Go back to off loading your daddy Poppy’s, and his biz. partner Bill Clinton’s, ahem, ‘goodies’, at the Mena airport circa 1985-1986 Jeb. (W. helped you off load....Remember Jeb!?) Make sure you keep Bill Clinton’s and GHWB’s main man, Oliver North, in the loop tho...............
I thought idiot Jeb! had been elected president of Mexico?
Jeb is stuck in sore loser mode.
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