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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump slams Jeb Bush — from the left: The Donald blasts Bush’s Wall Street ties
The billionaire mogul hits the scion of America's most famous Republican dynastySOPHIA TESFAYE
Donald Trump, who claims to be worth $10 billion, is attempting to portray rival Jeb Bush as the preferred candidate of Wall Street, offering a critique of the former Florida governor from the left.
Jeb is never going to bring us to the promised land. He cant, Trump told the Washington Posts Robert Costa and Phillip Rucker in a new interview described as containing 33 jabs at the Bush political dynasty in 35 minutes, or about one put-down per minute.
Hes not up to snuff, Trump determined, citing Bushs work after leaving the governors mansion in Tallahassee as disqualifying: (emphasis added)
Trump was especially accusatory when he talked about Jeb Bushs work in investment banking. After leaving the governors office in 2007, Bush was an adviser to Lehman Brothers and, later, Barclays, earning between $1.3 million and $2 million a year. Trump called Bushs role at Lehman a no-show job and suggested it was a reward for helping direct Florida state funds to the firm, whose collapse in 2008 helped kick off the Great Recession.
Thats a Hillary Clinton kind of situation, Trump said, referring to the Democratic front-runner. This is huge. Let me ask you: Why would you pay a man $1.3 million a year for a no-show job at Lehman Brothers which, when it failed, almost took the world with it?
According to the Wall Street Journal, Bush was never an official employee of Lehman, but was paid to attend meetings, dinners and conferences where he spoke to clients and bank executives.
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http://www.salon.com/2015/08/27/donald_trump_slams_jeb_bush_from_the_left_the_donald_blasts_bushs_wall_street_ties/
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Donald Trump slams Jeb Bush — from the left: The Donald blasts Bush’s Wall Street ties (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2015
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global1
(25,251 posts)1. Ahhhh... The Donald Floats Like A Butterfly And Stings Like A Bee......
Ouch!!!!!!!!
Rex
(65,616 posts)2. Like in most things, the GOP is clueless as to how to handle The Don.
And like in most things, they will fail at it all and probably end up with Trump as their primary candidate.
seafan
(9,387 posts)3. Thanks for posting this, DonViejo.
This is where Jeb Bush is tremendously vulnerable.
Trump starting to highlight Jeb Bush's vulnerability with Lehman Brothers.
It's far beyond time to get this into the mainstream.
This one family has stolen so much from so many.
Illegal wars. Cronyism. Graft. Two Bush failures in the White House. Economic collapse. Engineered election theft. Extreme right wing appointments to the Supreme Court, who have since unleashed the 'Citizens United' ruling, that pours millions/billions of dark, unaccountable money into our elections. Supreme arrogance.
The damage this family has inflicted and continues to do so, is incalculable.
Trump starting to highlight Jeb Bush's vulnerability with Lehman Brothers.
It's far beyond time to get this into the mainstream.
This one family has stolen so much from so many.
Illegal wars. Cronyism. Graft. Two Bush failures in the White House. Economic collapse. Engineered election theft. Extreme right wing appointments to the Supreme Court, who have since unleashed the 'Citizens United' ruling, that pours millions/billions of dark, unaccountable money into our elections. Supreme arrogance.
The damage this family has inflicted and continues to do so, is incalculable.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)5. You summed it up perfectly, seafan
Mr. pig and I just finished "Family of Secrets" by Russ Baker, which we had to read in small increments because the scope of the Bush Crime Family's nastiness was so overwhelming.
pampango
(24,692 posts)4. And our hero the RW populist with his billions has no ties to Wall Street. That's reassuring.
But thanks for the Bush blasts anyway, Donald. Your hypocrisy will emerge soon enough. In the meantime we appreciate you dragging others down before you go.