Posted on 04/05/2019 9:59:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump suggested in a new interview that former first lady Barbara Bush had a right to be "nasty" to him after his long-running criticisms of her sons.
"I have heard that she was nasty to me, but she should be. Look what I did to her sons," Trump told The Washington Times in an Oval Office interview Thursday.
Trump was responding to anecdotes in a new biography of Barbara Bush by Susan Page, who writes that at the time of her death, the former first lady no longer considered herself a Republican due to Trump's rise.
During the 2016 primary, Trump consistently hammered Bush's sons, labeling Jeb Bush "low energy" and criticizing George W. Bush's presidency. Coming into the 2016 race, Jeb Bush was considered among the front-runners for the Republican nomination, but after he had a disappointing showing in the South Carolina primary -- due in no small part to Trump's repeated attacks during the campaign -- he dropped out of the race.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
The south? There’s no such thing as a NAWALT.
Then she never was a Republican. We all stomached GWB for as long as we could.
I didn’t realize George HW Bush didn’t know where he was when JFK got shot. I was only three and it was ingrained in my memory forever. It’s like not knowing where you were when you first heard of 911.
I didn’t know Bush 1 claimed he didn’t know where he was. That is bizarre.
No, I have a beautiful wife, thanks and I live on The Jersey Shore.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.