Donald Trump Implies George W. Bush Is To Blame For 9/11 — Jeb Bush Fires Back
Outspoken presidential candidate Donald Trump has suggested that former president of the United States, George W. Bush is to blame for the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to the New York Post.
Trump was speaking about national emergencies, such as the 9/11 attacks of 14 years ago, when he began discussing his qualifications to be president. The real estate mogul quickly put himself over, stating that he would not only be a better candidate than his current competition, but also presidents of the past.
“I think I’m much more competent than all of them. I mean, say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time.”
Ever since that tragic Tuesday morning, conspiracy theories, accusations and allegations have been rampant in regard to the events of 9/11. Several people have been accused of having something to do with the attacks, Bush included. But, on that day, Bush reportedly did what he could do to try to calm the nation down by issuing a response that whoever was responsible for the attacks would pay, via the Archives.
.@realDonaldTrump: 9/11 happened on George W. Bush’s watch http://t.co/ZM76St0ayw pic.twitter.com/KGLrAzVLAr
— CNN (@CNN) October 16, 2015
It was not long after the attacks that with Bush’s convictions leading the way the War on Terror started. However, while Trump did not directly insinuate that Bush had something to do with the attacks, he did not fail to mention that all of those events did transpire on his watch.
“He was president, OK?.?.?. Blame him, or don’t blame him, but he was president. The World Trade Center came down during his reign.”
If Trump’s past actions dictate anything, he likely does not care whom he may anger or rub the wrong way with any of his comments. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, Trump has made controversial remarks about Rosie O’Donnell— which has led many people to label Trump as a “misogynist.” When he’s not making remarks about O’Donnell, Trump has been adamant about his views on illegal immigrants and Mexican people, views that ended up with NBC severing ties with Trump.
Now, with Trump implying that George W. Bush could be to blame for the 9/11 tragedy, fellow presidential candidate and Bush’s brother, Jeb Bush, has issued a statement toward Trump on Twitter.
How pathetic for @realdonaldtrump to criticize the president for 9/11. We were attacked & my brother kept us safe.
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) October 16, 2015
But, Jeb Bush’s tweet was immediately met with some backlash, with people tweeting statistics and factoids surrounding 9/11 and its aftermath, suggesting that his brother did not keep people as safe as he claims. One tweet shows a graph depicting the deaths via terrorism that the United States has experienced under its past five presidents.
that time @JebBush‘s brother “kept us safe” pic.twitter.com/rrj3yzm1Ly — Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 16, 2015
Trump took to Twitter himself to fire back at Jeb Bush, implying that he did not want to bring up the 9/11 tragedies after Jeb kept insisting that his brother “kept us safe.”
.@JebBush, At the debate you said your brother kept us safe- I wanted to be nice & did not mention the WTC came down during his watch, 9/11.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2015
With that in mind, he has been pushing for the debate to be shortened to two hours. While there has been no official word on changes to the program, CNBC spokesman Brian Steel told the New York Post that the suggestion will be strongly considered.
“We started a dialogue yesterday with all of the campaigns involved and we will certainly take the candidates’ views on the format into consideration.”
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