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Trump Is a ‘Blowhard,’ ‘I Don’t Like Him’ and I Voted for Hillary, George Bush Says in New Book
Trump Is a ‘Blowhard,’ ‘I Don’t Like Him’ and I Voted for Hillary, George Bush Says in New Book
Trump Is a ‘Blowhard,’ ‘I Don’t Like Him’ and I Voted for Hillary, George Bush Says in New Book
Update | Both former President Bushes had choice words for current President Donald Trump in a new book scheduled to be published later this month, with the elder Bush reportedly calling the billionaire commander-in-chief a “blowhard” and flatly stating he does not “like” him." data-reactid="22" style="max-width: 100%;">Update | Both former President Bushes had choice words for current President Donald Trump in a new book scheduled to be published later this month, with the elder Bush reportedly calling the billionaire commander-in-chief a “blowhard” and flatly stating he does not “like” him.
Presidents George Bush and George W. Bush, the 41st and 43rd top executives respectively, spoke to author Mark K. Updegrove for the book “The Last Republicans.” It detailed the relationship between the father-and-son presidents and how they were fretful of what Trump had done to the Republican Party.
Furthermore, both ex-presidents admitted they did not vote for Trump. The elder Bush pulled the lever for Democrat Hillary Clinton while the younger told Updegrove he voted for “none of the above.”
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Trump, who started his first trip to Asia as president on Friday, shot back in a statement that the Iraq War was “one of the greatest foreign policy mistakes in American history,” and challenged both Bushes legacies and effect on the GOP.
George W. Bush took umbrage with Trump’s divisive brand of political machinery, a common accusation the current president faced along the campaign trail as throughout his first year in office.
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“You can either exploit the anger, incite it,” he said, “or you can come up with ideas to deal with it.”
Trump ran as an anti-establishment Republican, made famous by his “drain the swamp” promise and slogan, and the younger Bush president admitted his brother and former GOP presidential candidate Jeb “didn’t fit with the mood.”
“If you’re angry with the powers that be you’re angry with the so-called establishment, “Bush said, “and there’s nothing more established than having a father and brother that have been president.”
The comments were striking since former U.S. presidents traditionally avoid criticism of the White House incumbent but Donald Trump’s ascension changed that tradition.
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The Bushes also made a not-so-veiled statement following President Trump’s comments in the wake of the deadly Charlottesville, Virginia, protest in August.
The book will be published Nov. 14.
This story was updated to include President Trump's response to the Bushes comments." data-reactid="39" style="max-width: 100%;">This story was updated to include President Trump's response to the Bushes comments.
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Trump Is a ‘Blowhard,’ ‘I Don’t Like Him’ and I Voted for Hillary, George Bush Says in New Book
Trump Is a ‘Blowhard,’ ‘I Don’t Like Him’ and I Voted for Hillary, George Bush Says in New Book
Update | Both former President Bushes had choice words for current President Donald Trump in a new book scheduled to be published later this month, with the elder Bush reportedly calling the billionaire commander-in-chief a “blowhard” and flatly stating he does not “like” him." data-reactid="22" style="max-width: 100%;">Update | Both former President Bushes had choice words for current President Donald Trump in a new book scheduled to be published later this month, with the elder Bush reportedly calling the billionaire commander-in-chief a “blowhard” and flatly stating he does not “like” him.
Presidents George Bush and George W. Bush, the 41st and 43rd top executives respectively, spoke to author Mark K. Updegrove for the book “The Last Republicans.” It detailed the relationship between the father-and-son presidents and how they were fretful of what Trump had done to the Republican Party.
Furthermore, both ex-presidents admitted they did not vote for Trump. The elder Bush pulled the lever for Democrat Hillary Clinton while the younger told Updegrove he voted for “none of the above.”
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Trump, who started his first trip to Asia as president on Friday, shot back in a statement that the Iraq War was “one of the greatest foreign policy mistakes in American history,” and challenged both Bushes legacies and effect on the GOP.
George W. Bush took umbrage with Trump’s divisive brand of political machinery, a common accusation the current president faced along the campaign trail as throughout his first year in office.
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“You can either exploit the anger, incite it,” he said, “or you can come up with ideas to deal with it.”
Trump ran as an anti-establishment Republican, made famous by his “drain the swamp” promise and slogan, and the younger Bush president admitted his brother and former GOP presidential candidate Jeb “didn’t fit with the mood.”
“If you’re angry with the powers that be you’re angry with the so-called establishment, “Bush said, “and there’s nothing more established than having a father and brother that have been president.”
The comments were striking since former U.S. presidents traditionally avoid criticism of the White House incumbent but Donald Trump’s ascension changed that tradition.
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The Bushes also made a not-so-veiled statement following President Trump’s comments in the wake of the deadly Charlottesville, Virginia, protest in August.
The book will be published Nov. 14.
This story was updated to include President Trump's response to the Bushes comments." data-reactid="39" style="max-width: 100%;">This story was updated to include President Trump's response to the Bushes comments.
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I watch pretty much everyone on youtube at 1.5x spedI just don't know how they expect people to watch all those clips that are 50+ minutes
I saw a couple of them, and they really give you a sense of Putin's mindstate and how he views trump....
Even Putin cant control trump the way he wants to
I really hope PBS / NPR doesnt lose its funding after this administration.
Ya'll think I'm bullshytting. If Tony Podesta is in the net, so is Tad Devine.
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A federal judge just denied a request for Natalia Veselnitskaya to enter the US
Natasha Bertrand
In this photo taken on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, Kremlin-linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya speaks to a journalist in Moscow, Russia. Yury Martyanov /Kommersant Photo via AP
Prevezon has still not paid the $5.9 million it owes the US government as part of a civil forfeiture settlement the parties reached in May. Prosecutors now want to re-open the case in New York, and Prevezon wants Veselnitskaya there for the proceedings.
But Judge William H. Pauley III ruled on Friday that "in-person meetings with counsel... do not justify the exercise of its immigration parole authority."
"Prevezon offers very little, if anything, to justify its request," Pauley wrote.
The Prevezon case was set to go to trial in New York in May but was suddenly settled for $5.9 million three days before the first court date.
The government described the settlement as a victory against corruption, but Prevezon characterized it as proof that the company had done nothing wrong. It said it considered the "surprise" offer from prosecutors "too good to refuse."
"It was a surprise," said John Dillard, a spokesman for Prevezon's attorneys. "We were getting ready for opening statements and fully expected to try the case. In fact, we were looking forward to it."
Over five months later, however, Prevezon has still not paid — and the company will have to go back to court without Veselnitskaya there.
Pauley implied in his ruling on Friday that Prevezon should have been eager to pay the $5.9 million because, absent settlement, "the trial would have showcased a tale of international intrigue — a massive tax fraud in Russia resulting in the transfer of $230 million through a Byzantine web of shell companies."
The investigation into whether Prevezon, which is incorporated in Cyprus, laundered millions of dollars into New York City property garnered high-profile attention given its ties to a $230 million Russian tax-fraud scheme and Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose suspicious death aroused international media attention.
The US government had been investigating the $230 million scheme that Magnitsky uncovered — and what happened to the proceeds — for nearly four years. Prosecutors said the funds from the elaborate scheme had been laundered via shell companies and real-estate purchases.
The trail ultimately led to Manhattan, where Preet Bharara, then the US attorney there, accused Prevezon in September 2013 of receiving "at least $1,965,444 in proceeds from the $230 million fraud scheme" in early 2008 via wire transfers from at least two suspected shell companies through the Southern District of New York. The company then invested those funds "in various New York properties," according to the complaint.
Pauley wrote on Friday that "in view of recent revelations regarding Russia’s outsized influence, there may have been more to this money laundering case than a few luxury condominiums at 20 Pine Street."
Veselnitskaya famously attended a meeting last June at Trump Tower with several of Donald Trump's campaign advisers — Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner. She brought with her a memo that closely mirrored one written by the Russian prosecutor's office two months earlier, suggesting she was dispatched to the meeting with the Kremlin's blessing — or under its direction.
Read Pauley's memorandum below:
A federal judge just denied a request for Natalia Veselnitskaya to enter the US
Natasha Bertrand
- A federal judge in New York has denied a request for Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya to enter the US to represent her client, Prevezon, in court.
- "Prevezon offers very little, if anything, to justify its request," the judge wrote on Friday.
- The judge said in his ruling on Friday that, had Prevezon not settled in May, "the trial would have showcased a tale of international intrigue."
Prevezon has still not paid the $5.9 million it owes the US government as part of a civil forfeiture settlement the parties reached in May. Prosecutors now want to re-open the case in New York, and Prevezon wants Veselnitskaya there for the proceedings.
But Judge William H. Pauley III ruled on Friday that "in-person meetings with counsel... do not justify the exercise of its immigration parole authority."
"Prevezon offers very little, if anything, to justify its request," Pauley wrote.
The Prevezon case was set to go to trial in New York in May but was suddenly settled for $5.9 million three days before the first court date.
The government described the settlement as a victory against corruption, but Prevezon characterized it as proof that the company had done nothing wrong. It said it considered the "surprise" offer from prosecutors "too good to refuse."
"It was a surprise," said John Dillard, a spokesman for Prevezon's attorneys. "We were getting ready for opening statements and fully expected to try the case. In fact, we were looking forward to it."
Over five months later, however, Prevezon has still not paid — and the company will have to go back to court without Veselnitskaya there.
Pauley implied in his ruling on Friday that Prevezon should have been eager to pay the $5.9 million because, absent settlement, "the trial would have showcased a tale of international intrigue — a massive tax fraud in Russia resulting in the transfer of $230 million through a Byzantine web of shell companies."
The investigation into whether Prevezon, which is incorporated in Cyprus, laundered millions of dollars into New York City property garnered high-profile attention given its ties to a $230 million Russian tax-fraud scheme and Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose suspicious death aroused international media attention.
The US government had been investigating the $230 million scheme that Magnitsky uncovered — and what happened to the proceeds — for nearly four years. Prosecutors said the funds from the elaborate scheme had been laundered via shell companies and real-estate purchases.
The trail ultimately led to Manhattan, where Preet Bharara, then the US attorney there, accused Prevezon in September 2013 of receiving "at least $1,965,444 in proceeds from the $230 million fraud scheme" in early 2008 via wire transfers from at least two suspected shell companies through the Southern District of New York. The company then invested those funds "in various New York properties," according to the complaint.
Pauley wrote on Friday that "in view of recent revelations regarding Russia’s outsized influence, there may have been more to this money laundering case than a few luxury condominiums at 20 Pine Street."
Veselnitskaya famously attended a meeting last June at Trump Tower with several of Donald Trump's campaign advisers — Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner. She brought with her a memo that closely mirrored one written by the Russian prosecutor's office two months earlier, suggesting she was dispatched to the meeting with the Kremlin's blessing — or under its direction.
Read Pauley's memorandum below:
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Trump Is a ‘Blowhard,’ ‘I Don’t Like Him’ and I Voted for Hillary, George Bush Says in New Book
Trump Is a ‘Blowhard,’ ‘I Don’t Like Him’ and I Voted for Hillary, George Bush Says in New Book
capp for Bush Sr. brehs...
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right around the ACC
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fukking disgusting
Wapo has really taken the reins from these fukkboys