George W. Bush Throws Shade At Donald Trump

[Crabtownboy]

Former President George W. Bush took President Donald Trump’s administration to task on Monday.

The 43rd president called for a “welcoming” immigration policy and underscored the importance of a free press during an interview with Matt Lauer on the “Today” show.

“I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy,” Bush told Lauer. “We need an independent media to hold people like me to account. Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive.”

Bush recalled spending time during his presidency attempting to convince other world leaders, specifically Russian President Vladimir Putin, to “accept the notion of a free press.”

“It’s kind of hard to tell others to have an independent free press.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-w-bush-donald-trump_us_58b428e7e4b0780bac2b3ff6

 

[InTheLight]

Bush recalled spending time during his presidency attempting to convince other world leaders, specifically Russian President Vladimir Putin, to “accept the notion of a free press.”

“It’s kind of hard to tell others to have an independent free press.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-w-bush-donald-trump_us_58b428e7e4b0780bac2b3ff6

No worries here. Trump will never try to convince other nations to have an independent free press!

 

[Crabtownboy]

No worries here. Trump will never try to convince other nations to have an independent free press!

You are right.

Trump's heroes are dictators and autocrats. The last thing they want is a free press.

 

[Baptist Brother]

The Left prohibits a Free Press. Their intolerance of free speech and affection for the "alternative facts" of Political Correctness means if you have conservative views, you can't express those views in the mainstream media.

 

[InTheLight]

The Left prohibits a Free Press. Their intolerance of free speech and affection for the "alternative facts" of Political Correctness means if you have conservative views, you can't express those views in the mainstream media.

Better let Fox News, Breitbart, TownHall, The Blaze, Hot Air, etc. know about their restrictions.

 

[Baptist Brother]

NeverTrump George W. Bush was a bad joke as president. Thank you Bush for reminding me that the voters did the right thing in electing Trump (vs. establishment preferences).

 

[carpro]

W was the right man at the right time for 911, but like many establishment republicans, he is weak on immigration and always has been.

Not surprised he disagrees with Trump's immigration policies at all. But this issue, more than any other, got Trump elected and he knows it.

He needs to stay busy keeping his immigration promises to the people that elected him. At this point W is no more than background noise.

 

[carpro]

I agree with W that we need an independent press. Wish we had one instead of a wholly owned subsidiary of the democrat party.