Stunning accusation comes during Bloomberg Television - Trump blames George W Bush for 9/11

[kpete]

Trump blames George W. Bush for 9/11: 'Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time'
Stunning accusation comes during Bloomberg Television interview
Trump said New York's twin towers 'came down during his reign' as he tried to paint himself as 'much more competent' than other politicians
Former president George W. Bush 'definitely not' planning to comment, his spokesman says
Trump campaign has neither explained the unprovoked attack nor walked it back
By DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 11:37 EST, 16 October 2015 | UPDATED: 13:20 EST, 16 October 2015

Donald Trump took an unprovoked slap at George W. Bush in an interview broadcast Friday, blaming the former U.S. president for not preventing the 9/11 terror attacks.

Asked by Bloomberg Television anchor Stephanie Ruhle how Americans might trust him to keep them safe, the Republican presidential front-runner bristled at the mention of Bush's role as comforter-in-chief after 9/11, and President Barack Obama's similar position following the December 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

'OK, I think I have a bigger heart than all of them,' he said. 'I think I'm much more competent than all of them.'
'When you talk about George Bush – I mean, say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time.'

Ruhle jumped in, saying, 'Hold on! You can't blame George Bush for that.'

'He was president, OK?' Trump responded. 'Blame him or don't blame him, but he was president. The World Trade Center came down during his reign.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3276186/Trump-blames-George-W-Bush-9-11-Say-want-World-Trade-Center-came-time.html#ixzz3ol9ZumhY




UPDATE:

Jeb Bush@JebBush
How pathetic for @realdonaldtrump to criticize the president for 9/11. We were attacked & my brother kept us safe.
https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/655098096649707520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[ZX86]

1. Whoa! Hold your horses here!

It's not like this was a security breach like on the level of some mismanaged emails. Only a few thousand people died horribly violent deaths. The Donald is really out of line! I want to hear more about Hilliary's damn emails and her eventual prosecution for playing fast and loose with the nation's national security.

[winstars]

12. Yeah, what you said!!! I see what you did there, nice one.... nt

[wildbilln864]

41. bada bing! n/t

[hollysmom]

2. that is correct. Trump is a blowhard,

but like so many once in a while he says a true thing.

[napkinz]

19. Trump is right! (as Rick Perry said, "A broken clock is right once a day.")

[NCjack]

3. Finally, a GOPer who knows where responsibility resides. Based on Trump's

record of not walking back his statements, this one could may cause a lot of heartache for JEB! Perhaps a stake in the heart of political ambitions of Bushco for ever.

[katmondoo]

4. Finally Trump speaks the truth

Next he should talk about the tortures under the Bush Cheney watch. Imagine the shit the Republicans would lay on a Democrat if that happened on their watch.

[malaise]

5. Everyone knows that's the truth except the revisionists

like his brother who insists that he kept America safe and pretend that 9/11 did not happen under his watch. Remember those marines didn't die under Reagan either.

They are never to blame.

There's nothing stunning about stating a fact.

[trusty elf]

6. ....

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[malaise]

7. LOL

Love you trusty elf - you tickle my funny bone

Shouldn't that be Bushit???

[derby378]

11. Excellent! (n/t)

[ladjf]

8. The "revisionists" also know the truth. But, they are sticking to

their extremely disingenuous position.

Most of the human generated information that is rained upon our citizens is criminally based raw propaganda simply designed to control the majority. No wonder the American Public shows signs of mental illness. They are continually being bombarded by junk disguised as news.

Almost everything about our Government has been hijacked by greedy, pathological money grubbers.

[malaise]

9. Good post

You're right but it's like an abuser telling the victim he's keeping her safe.

[KingCharlemagne]

48. At the ministerial or cabinet level, perhaps. But there are still many

Decent and competent workers in the Civil Service.

[napkinz]

37. speaking of revisionists ...

[UTUSN]

10. Bwah-ha-HAH!1 If there's *one* thing the B.F.E.E. & especially Shrub do, it's getting even

with their enemies -- everybody from NORIEGA/Saddam at one end and HATFIELD, GORE, RATHER at the other. Where's that popcorn thingy to insert here?!1

[0rganism]

14. yeah, this ain't over

[napkinz]

34. you know the moderators at the next GOP debate will bring this one up

can't wait to see Jeb and Trump go at it

[BootinUp]

13. The depressing thing is where the interviewer leaped to the defense of shrub

[ZX86]

16. More anger inducing than depressing.

Ruhle jumped in, saying, 'Hold on! You can't blame George Bush for that.'

In what world does a statement like that make sense? It happened on his watch and he ignored warnings. He was warned and did absolutely nothing. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Not one phone call. Not one meeting. No action taken what so ever.

I could give him a break if he tried something and it failed. But he didn't do anything!

He is a three time loser.

1. He failed to heed warnings before the attack.

2. He failed to act during the attack.

3. He failed to catch Bin Laden after the attack.

[napkinz]

20. remember this ...

[restorefreedom]

46. arrrghhhhhh!!!!!!

i can't even stand to see his sniveling face, and hear that "huuu huuu smirk" argh, and if i see cheney's evil countenance again with black smoke seeping from his nostrils, i will have no choice but to destroy my tv and ipad...

arrghhhhh!!!!!

(smoothing out jacket)..rant over... carry on

[hifiguy]

15. Even a blind pig finds an acorn every so often.

And even a buffoon like Il Douche speaks the real truth once in a great while.

Hate to say it, but he's right.

And what's this "you can't blame him" horseshit. He WAS pretzeldent for eight months beforehand and paid zero attention to the warnings he was given. Maybe it was Al Gore's fault?

[Rex]

17. You know you are totally fucked when Trump says you let 9/11 happen.

Be it directly or indirectly, sounds more like The Don is saying the BFEE helped it happen. I wonder if someone told him to say that or if he really believes it?

[napkinz]

18. "My brother kept us safe" ...

[Capt. Obvious]

21. Jeb's brother kept us safe

except for that day

[napkinz]

23. well, there was that one other time ...

[AZ Progressive]

22. Trump really is a bull in a china shop

And that shop happens to be the Republican Party

[napkinz]

24. K&R

[roamer65]

25. tRump is right.

Hey jebbie, go f$&k yourself.

[Historic NY]

26. Holy sh-t from birther to truther.

they will be going for him.

[oberliner]

27. People have got to stop posting articles from The Daily Mail

It's a crazy RW UK tabloid.

[bullwinkle428]

30. But nothing is fabricated - Rachel Maddow showed the actual interview

where he made his claims.

[oberliner]

32. Still has to be a better source to link to with this info

Not suggesting this particular story is fabricated.

[spanone]

28. why is that a stunning accusation? it's the truth.

can you just for one second imagine if that had happened on Obama's watch?

think benghazi.

[malaise]

35. Precisely

It is simply a statement of fact

[napkinz]

38. does anyone doubt there would have been impeachment hearings had a Democratic president ignored

that memo and 3,000 died on that Democratic president's watch?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

29. Unprovoked attack?

It's a direct response to Jeb's lie about his brother 'keeping us safe'. Why would he have to 'explain' it? Is the original author too dense to understand?

[napkinz]

33. Bill Maher and Chris Matthews Tear Into Jeb: "How Can He Get Away with Saying W Kept Us Safe?!"

https://www.facebook.com/Bipartisanism/videos/893314344078908 (click to see this video; not yet available on youtube)

[napkinz]

36. and let's not forget Cheney's comments ...

[malaise]

39. The worst disaster may have been his birth

ReTHUGs LIE

[napkinz]

40. war criminal with no regrets ...

[malaise]

42. Because all the rules changed after 9/11 happened under their watch

Fuck them all

[napkinz]

43. this quote says it all ...

[malaise]

44. Yes indeed

+1,000

[napkinz]

45. still waiting ...

[napkinz]

47. remember in the 2004 campaign all that talk about "protecting America"?