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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Where was this AH when Obama needed to be criticized?
Always thought he was a good man at heart, am rethinking that position...
Another swamp creature rears its ugly head. :-/
His family have always been NWO puppets.
The Bush / Clinton Crime families should be hung from lamppost.
Mic drop: Boom!
Trump runs a multinational corporation so he is far from a nativist.
He just is sick and tired of American politicians who define globalism as transferring as much of America's wealth and industrial base to foreign interests and selling out the country for their own personal gain as their goal
Bush was silent about Obama for 8 years, he slams Trump, RINOs doing what they do.
W is a mixture. He’s establishment.
He ignored domestic issues while he fought the war on terror.
And he fought the wars in a very expensive way. The 2008 financial crisis happened on W’s watch.
He did nothing about the offshoring, and the US economy kept getting progressively weaker. They boosted housing and then the mortgage refinancing industry by lowering credit standards. About the time they ran out of incentives, the oil price spiked and threw our economy into a tailspin. And the patriot act, set very dangerous precedents that almost allowed Obama to obtain total control and keep the presidency in the democrat party.
If Trump hadn’t won, we would never have learned the extent of the treason inside the Judicial department. And that may be why the establishment is trotting out W now.
I believe the prolonged wars and failure to address the economy provided the stage for Obama to win.
Well, George Soros just threw out a billion dollars to lefties.. these phony ex-pols are most likely dipping into that.
Nothing. The Globalist Conspiracy crowd was right all along.
FYGW......I will never vote for another Bush again...never...you’re even more clueless than your father...your entire family is deep state
GWB and his father are largely responsible for the 30 million illegal aliens we have in our country.
Just because Yeb! loves a Mexican does not mean that we all have to love all Mexicans.
The Swamp, GOPe, Uni-Party has been exposed for what it is Huckster LIARS preying upon US poor Voters! Thank GOD for President Trump!
All the Bush folks are one world government types.
>>What the hell has happened to the GOP?
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It got taken over by the Elite Establishment Globalists who own both parties, save for those pesky patriotic nationalists who love what their country once stood for and seek its restoration.
He’s at least one administration late with his criticism.
Gave up on the whole Bush family when they went buddy,buddy with the Clinton’s’.
It was bad enough when he was Balkanizing this country with his immigration policy.
Thanks. There goes lunch! (Actually a great point.)
> “We cannot wish globalism away,” Bush said <
“No, but we can vote it away. And we just did.”
EXACTLYOSO!
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