[WilliamIII]

You’re right. Like Bush, neither you nor I kept America safe from 911.

Of course, unlike Bush, neither you nor I was president when 911 went down

[adorno]

Of course, unlike Bush, neither you nor I was president when 911 went down

Okay, so, who was president when the funding and planning and rehearsing and selection of airports people to conduct the attacks was happening. Would Trump, or you or I, have been responsible for all of that? Would Trump have taken responsibility for the attacks while he was president, even if he was in the dark about what was to occur and when?

Should Bush be held responsible for the CRA, which was instrumental in bringing down the housing market, which brought down the economy in 2007-2008? He was president, but, could he have done more than he tried to do? It happened on his watch. Would Trump have blamed himself for the CRA and Clinton's decision to force banks to grant mortgages to unqualified people?

Do prior decisions have anything to do with when their total effects will be felt? Or, do events just happen suddenly with no prior cause? Cause and effect. Does the effect not have a relationship with the cause?