Establishment Republicans still think they can restore a pre-Trump GOP.
Former President George W. Bush is among them.
And George W. Bush made one unthinkable attack against Trump that proves one thing.
Bush Shows He Hasn’t Learned the Lessons of 9/11
Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was a complete rejection of the nation-building wars and open borders that dominated Bush’s time in office.
Bush is still bitter over this.
And his time out of office shows he’s undergone no self-reflection.
In an event at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, Bush implied that Trump fostered a sense of isolationism in America by rejecting a nation-building war in Iran to bring freedom and democracy to that country, as proof that Americans forgot the lessons of 9/11.
“Yeah, absolutely, it seems to me. Our nation occasionally goes through isolationist periods where the attitude is we’ve got too many problems at home, therefore, who cares what happens overseas? Which really means to me they just don’t pay attention to the lesson of 9/11,” Trump told former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Bush claimed it was America’s duty to send boots on the ground to the desert to establish a constitutional republic in countries like Iran.
“Because what happens overseas matter to our national security at home. And yes, I’m afraid so. And to the extent that people are struggling against tyranny, it makes sense. We don’t have to send troops. We ought to at least stand with them and stand beside them. Because this is what we went through 250 years ago,” Bush added.
“And again, it’s a belief that everybody wants to be free. And we saw that in Afghanistan. People said, well, they don’t want to be free. They don’t know the difference. Of course they know the difference. Young girls going to school for the first time in their lives knew the difference,” Bush continued.
Bush is the One Who Hasn’t Learned the Lesson of 9/11
In addition to attacking Trump for “isolationism” in opposing nation-building wars, Bush has also ranted about the “nativism” that he claims Trump fosters when Trump supported building a wall and opposing amnesty for illegal aliens.
In 2016, Bush claimed that “nativism, or fear of foreigners, affects your soul. I don’t think you can prosper if you’re fearful of somebody else. To me, that is this nativism element in America today.”
But Bush’s own words and actions show he never learned the lessons of 9/11 despite being President at the time.
Islamic terrorists carried out the attacks.
Yet six days after the tragedy, Bush appeared at the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C., and declared that “Islam is peace.”
“These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith. And it’s important for my fellow Americans to understand that,” Bush stated. “The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don’t represent peace.”
Bush also oversaw the beginning of mass Islamic migration, where America imported 1.8 million Muslims – a 103% increase – from 2001 to 2024.
These comments by Bush demonstrate that if the GOP establishment regains power in 2028, party elites intend to run back the agenda of the Bush Republican Party.
And that means more regime change wars and more open borders.
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