Posted on 10/20/2015 6:49:24 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Donald Trump has taken a lot of heat for his comments about George W. Bush and 9/11, but it turns out that he wrote extensively about the inevitability of a major terror attack almost two years before the event, and even mentioned Osama bin Laden. Andrew Kaczynski writes in Buzzfeed:
In 2000, 19 months before Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Trump wrote extensively of the terrorism threat the United States was facing.Trump, who at the time was considering a presidential bid on the Reform Party ticket, went so far as to say that an attack on a major U.S. city was not just a probability, but an inevitability.
“I really am convinced we’re in danger of the sort of terrorist attacks that will make the bombing of the Trade Center look like kids playing with firecrackers,” wrote Trump in his 2000 book, The America We Deserve. “No sensible analyst rejects this possibility, and plenty of them, like me, are not wondering if but when it will happen.”
Trump even mentions Osama bin Laden by name, in a criticism of an American foreign policy that too quickly jumps from one crisis to the next.
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Comments at source are interesting, to say the least.
Amazing…and his warnings were totally ignored by then Pres. Clinton, then Pres. Bush #43, Congress, the Democrat media, and the conservative media.
The self-appointed “Smart People” are the last to see what is happening in the world, and that situation has not improved.
But Trump did nothing to prevent the attack, so he is obviously not qualified to be president. /sarc
Pretty impressive given that Trump did not have access to any classified intelligence.
Wow.
Glad this was uncovered. Gives a whole new look to Trump’s comments.
Yep. He is demonstrating that he is a person of vision.
I am convinced that we will suffer another terror attack some time in the future. I also believe that if you have a dedicated individual, who has no fear of death, even his own, then there is nothing you can do to stop one from happening.
By me saying this now, whoever is president when it happens will be responsible. I will say “I warned you” and you did nothing to stop it.
Vote for me.
“But Trump did nothing to prevent the attack, so he is obviously not qualified to be president. /sarc”
There was a poster here yesterday who said just that, and he wasn’t being sarcastic. TDS.
He wrote the book in 2000, but mentioned the World Trade Center Bombing? What am I missing?
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The first World Trade Center bombing occurred in 1993.
He wrote the book in 2000, but mentioned the World Trade Center Bombing? What am I missing?
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In the early 90’s there was a bombing, remember?
Pretty impressive given that Trump did not have access to any classified intelligence.
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He lived in New York, and reads a lot of newspapers.
Got it, my bad. It’s hard to remember another world trade center bombing other than the big one, it is rarely talked about. But thank you.
I also wonder who really wrote his book. And I like Trump, being from New York, I grew up with that name in the news all the time.
He keeps taking disruptor fire from everywhere...but the deflector shields are a hold’n Cap’n.
:-)
You're right...
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