[SamAdams76]

I still maintain that had the Bushes come out and endorsed Trump during the general campaign - Trump would have lost.

A Bush endorsement would have been the kiss of death for Trump. A lot of the Rust Belters would have seen him as just another Republican and would have stayed with the Democrats. I think Trump knew that and that's why he went out of his way to insult and alienate them during the campaign.

[Alberta's Child]

That's a very good point.

The election of Donald Trump was a thorough public repudiation of both the Clintons and the Bushes.