All posts tagged "George W Bush"

A veteran pollster warned that President Donald Trump's approval rating has begun tracing a familiar downward path, one that once cost Republicans dearly.

Nate Silver, author of the Silver Bulletin newsletter and co-host of the Still Counting podcast, laid out the comparison in an episode of The Focus Group podcast released Saturday, telling host Sarah Longwell that Trump's second-term approval ratings have closely mirrored those of former President George W. Bush, whose slide came before Republicans lost the White House in 2008.

"Yeah, it's eerily similar," Silver said of a graphic he had posted comparing the two presidents. "It almost seems like some biological process, right?"...

Former President George W. Bush aimed subtle digs at Donald Trump in a Presidents' Day message — laying out observations about the nation's first leader amid the country's current troubled times.

The 43rd president of the United States described the significance behind George Washington's leadership in a Substack piece for In Pursuit. And although he never named Trump specifically, Bush presented several definitions of what leadership should look like and why Americans need it ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary.

"As president, I found great comfort and inspiration in reading about my predecessors and the qualities they embodied," Bush wrote. "Abraham Lincoln’s resolve, Harry Truman’s decisiveness, Ronald Reagan’s optimism, and others reminded me of the challenges America has faced – and of the values that have helped us overcome them."...

Entrepreneur Jonathan Bush, a cousin of former President George W. Bush and brother of television and radio personality Billy Bush, is running to be Maine's next governor in a "crowded race."

The Republican, who stepped down from his role as CEO of Athenahealth Inc. over allegations of misconduct involving women, announced his campaign on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported. He co-founded the company in 2018 and made his announcement in Belfast, Maine, outside the company's office, with his brother helping to host.

“I’m running for governor to slam the brakes on the defeatist notion that somehow Maine can’t do better,” Bush said. “I am a disruptor, a job creator, and a fanatic Maine optimist, and when I’m governor this age of pessimism will end.”
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President Donald Trump is less concerned about how the American people are faring from his back-and-forth on tariffs than he is on how the stock market is reacting, according to an MSNBC political analyst.

During a Thursday broadcast that aired shortly after Trump reversed course on Mexico tariffs, anchor Chris Jansing asked, "Is there any consideration at all for the people whose lives, livelihoods, jobs, depend on all of this?"

"That seems to be less a consideration than what the markets are doing," answered analyst Elise Jordan, who worked in the George W. Bush White House. "And you had heard so many of Donald Trump's associates and business leaders say that when the markets start to go down, Donald Trump is going to get freaked out and he's going to reverse course. And we're seeing that happen a bit." ...

President Joe Biden appeared to throw shade at Donald Trump while eulogizing the late Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday.

Biden took to the pulpit to laud Carter's "character" before a congregation of dignitaries, including former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.

Biden said that, as a 31-year-old senator, he endorsed Carter's candidacy for the 1976 presidential race. ...

George W. Bush in a recent interview downplayed the division in the United States, simply telling citizens that they should "turn to religion."

Former President Bush, who has criticized Donald Trump in the past but stopped short of endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, has come under fire for staying out of the limelight and not making his thoughts more clear.

In an interview played on Fox News, the ex-president said that America "will be fine."...