Posted on 10/19/2017 10:29:07 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Former President George W. Bush delivered a public repudiation of President Donald Trump’s political identity, suggesting many aspects of the current administration are fueling division in the United States and around the world.
The former president defended the ideas of globalism, free trade, and free markets as well as foreign interventionism around the world in a speech at the George W. Bush Institute.
“We cannot wish globalism away,” Bush said, noting that the United States must sustain “wise and sustained global engagement” for the future of the country.
Bush indirectly accused Trump of fueling dangerous ideologies that threatened the unity of the United States and global stability, spending a large portion of his speech complaining about social ills in the country.
“We’ve seen a return of isolationist sentiments forgetting that American security is directly threatened by the chaos and despair of distant places,” he warned.
Bush urged Americans to “recover our own identity,” citing a commitment to global engagement, free and international trade, and immigration.
“We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism, and forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America,” he lamented.
“Bigotry seems emboldened, our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication,” he said. “There are some signs that support for democracy itself has waned especially for the young.”
But Bush’s criticism wasn’t merely on Trump’s “America First” political ideology. He also criticized the tone of the American political system led by Trump.
“We’ve seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty,” he lamented, noting that “argument turns too easily into animosity” and “disagreement escalates into dehumanization.”
He criticized the rise of “bullying and prejudice” in national politics, suggesting that the country lacked positive role models.
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What the hell has happened to the GOP?
I thought he was a decent person.. changed my mind, just another punk RINO.
Who’s paying him and how much?
George Bush..who gave us Barack Obama..who said that Islam is NOT our enemy..is not a fan of Donald Trump..If Im Trump I would thank Bush for this great endorsement..the left, who DESPISED Bush, who called him a monkey, Hitler, threw shoes at him, etc..now like Bush..its a crazy messed up world
> “We cannot wish globalism away,” Bush said <
No, but we can vote it away. And we just did.
When Barry seal was trying to get the IRS off his back he showed a video tape to George HW Bush that featured W and Jeb showing up in an aircraft Hangar with a kilogram of cocaine in their youth.
His implied message was stop the IRS and I’ll forget about this tape.
I personally don’t believe it but there is an outside chance that his eventual death was not owing to the cartels, the bad actor could have been **someone else**.
What a friggin loser. I mean what a joke. How in the heck did we survive 8 years of this guy, 8 years before with Clinton, then 8 years Obama. 4 years his father.
Trump is trying to undo the past 28 years virtually alone.
EVery day we see the effects of globalism. Thank, God for DJT.
The UK tried a little Globalism and now look at the trouble they’re having trying to BE FREE
What actually does this mean? This is pure BS. Recover our own identity? That's just what we're doing after you and your family and Swamp swallowed it.
I’ll never abandon you Mr. President, I know you’re alone fighting for the American people. This economy and all the amazing things that are happening are ALL because of you. These globalists are madder than wet hens!
Taking a note from his buddie Juan McStain.
Well, George “Dubya” Bush didn’t say a frigging WORD for eight years when that... THING was our President, but feels the need now to come out and trash the only President in my lifetime that seems to give a DAMN about saving our country.
Screw YOU, you POS. Sorry your pathetic asshole brother didn’t win the election.. oh, wait. No, I’m not.
Bush was always a one-worlder.
Ascribing unto pluralism unfounded attributes.
Go away, mister “Weapons of Mass Destruction”.
GWB repeats the talking points of the “Progressives”. This is why we have DJT as President.
Trust of the government by the people is being lost because of the False Narrative by the Elitists. Once the common man comes to the conclusion that ‘they’ really do not have their best interest at heart, it’s gonna get ugly.
“We’ve seen a return of isolationist sentiments forgetting that American security is directly threatened by the chaos and despair of distant places,” he warned.
Isolationist sentiments are a direct response to chaos
and despair of distant places.
Bush urged Americans to “recover our own identity,” citing a commitment to global engagement, free and international trade, and immigration.
Recover our own identity? That would BE America FIRST.
“We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism, and forgotten the dynamism that immigration has always brought to America,” he lamented.
Yes, LEGAL immigration.
“Bigotry seems emboldened, our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication,” he said. “There are some signs that support for democracy itself has waned especially for the young.”
Fake news will do that, along with socialist indoctrination
of our centers for learning.
Disappointed in GW.
Hey Georgie How much money did you get helping the sick rapist rip off Haiti?
On globalism and foreign intervention, I trust the advice of George Washington more than George Bush.
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