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Trump's high-octane growth wows 'low-energy' Jeb: 'Credit to @POTUS's economic policies'
The Washington Times ^ | July 27, 2018 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 07/27/2018 8:18:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush offered a rhetorical hat tip to one-time rival President Trump on Friday for the nation’s surging economy.

The man deemed “low-energy Jeb” on the 2016 campaign trail by Mr. Trump took to Twitter to marvel at America’s high-octane economic growth — 4.1 percent in the second quarter.

“Today’s news confirms that 4% growth isn’t just aspirational, it’s achievable through policies that unleash the power of the market,” Mr. Bush wrote. “Credit to @POTUS’s economic policies. To sustain this growth, we must pursue a free trade agenda and move to a merit-based immigration system.”

Mr. Bush was one of the billionaire’s staunchest critics during the 2016 presidential election cycle.

“I can’t vote for Hillary Clinton and I can’t vote for Donald Trump, and it breaks my heart,” Mr. Bushsaid during a July 2016 interview on MSNBC. “This is my the first time in my adult life I’m confronted with this dilemma.”

Politico noted the bitter-sweet news for Mr. Bush by revisiting his 2015 assertion that 4 percent growth was indeed possible.

“The target … was ‘104% nonsense’ according to a Vox headline,” the website wrote on Friday. “‘Economists on Bush’s Promise: Close to 0 Percent Chance of 4 Percent Growth,’ was the headline on a blog post from The New York Times’ ‘Upshot’ blog. Economists who spoke to Politico at the time were equally skeptical.”

President Trump told reporters that the nation’s annual growth rate is the highest it’s been in over 13 years.

“We’ve turned it all around,” Mr. Trump said. “These numbers are very, very sustainable. This isn’t a one-time shot. America is being respected again and America is winning again because we’re finally putting America first.”(continued)

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; buildthefence; bush; daca; dreamact; dreamers; economy; election2018; election2020; florida; gdp; incometaxes; jebbush; lowenergy; msnbc; tariffs; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; trade; trump; yeb
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1 posted on 07/27/2018 8:18:16 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Please clap.


2 posted on 07/27/2018 8:24:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600><p>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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. “Credit to @POTUS’s economic policies. To sustain this growth, we must pursue a free trade agenda and move to a merit-based immigration system.”

I don't believe bush said that.
3 posted on 07/27/2018 8:25:02 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Standing tall, Jebbo!


4 posted on 07/27/2018 8:25:20 PM PDT by dead
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” To sustain this growth, we must pursue a free trade agenda and move to a merit-based immigration system.””

Go back to what he calls free trade, and more immigration. Howzabout to sustain this growth, we just do more of what Trump is doing??

Or how about to sustain it, Jeb calls for the GOP to end to the farce of an investigation that is holding him back?


5 posted on 07/27/2018 8:25:50 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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6 posted on 07/27/2018 8:33:29 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GOAT POTUS TRUMP)
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To: JoSixChip

It sounds like something his oldest son Prescott would (wisely) admit to. Prescott is one of the few Bush’s who seems anchored into the real world, not some RINO fantasy of submission to the left.


7 posted on 07/27/2018 8:34:08 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jeb angling for a cabinet position?


8 posted on 07/27/2018 8:35:34 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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How about appoint Low Energy Jeb to a consolution, such as in Tijuana? Or maybe somewhere more report in Mexico.


9 posted on 07/27/2018 8:38:07 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Bushes gauged a healthy economy on how many invaders could infiltrate America’s infrastructure


10 posted on 07/27/2018 8:42:51 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How are guacamole bowl sales doin’?


11 posted on 07/27/2018 8:43:21 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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12 posted on 07/27/2018 8:49:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: magna carta

No, I think was on how may factories were closed per quarter.


13 posted on 07/27/2018 8:49:42 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nice of Jeb! to thank President Donald Trump. However Jeb!’s advice about what else “needs to be done” is a pile of horse poo. So, no thank you Jeb!. Your advice is worthless.


14 posted on 07/27/2018 8:49:54 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Jeb makes Jeff Sessions look like Jack LaLane on the energy scale.


15 posted on 07/27/2018 8:50:33 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: dead

If you watch that clip carefully you can see when Trump gooses Jeb! and up he goes!


16 posted on 07/27/2018 8:51:40 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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"Howzabout to sustain this growth, we just do more of what Trump is doing?"

No kidding. Jeb must be a bot. How could anyone be so disconnected from the reality of what is going on? Cognitive dissonance.
 

17 posted on 07/27/2018 8:54:23 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: dead

Nice collection of goofballs and one with presidential timber.


18 posted on 07/27/2018 8:57:28 PM PDT by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“MR.” BUSH???


19 posted on 07/27/2018 9:18:01 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm ( 32:12))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sit down and shut-up, loser.


20 posted on 07/27/2018 9:19:41 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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