Bitter Loser Throws Shade At President Trump
In the interview, Jeb said Trump "should stop saying things that aren't true."
"He's a distraction in and of himself... He's got a lot of work to do, and some of these things – the wiretapping and all of this stuff – is a complete distraction that makes it harder to accomplish the things I know he wants to do."
Bush, who Trump perfectly nicknamed "Low Energy Jeb" as he steam rolled over him in the primaries, had more bile to vent. Trump, he said, "hasn't shifted to being president in the way that people are used to, and I think that's the problem, I would say. The strength is that he's acted in a good way and lifted people's spirits in terms of economic growth and job creation. But he's a distraction in and of himself by creating all of these, through Twitter and...”
The interviewer interrupted Bush to ask, “Should he stop tweeting?”
“He should stop saying things that aren't true that are distractions from the task at hand,” Bush said. "My whole approach to this is to watch his deeds, not his words. His actions matter in terms of the long-term consequences for people."
In the interview, Jeb said Trump "should stop saying things that aren't true."
"He's a distraction in and of himself... He's got a lot of work to do, and some of these things – the wiretapping and all of this stuff – is a complete distraction that makes it harder to accomplish the things I know he wants to do."
Bush, who Trump perfectly nicknamed "Low Energy Jeb" as he steam rolled over him in the primaries, had more bile to vent. Trump, he said, "hasn't shifted to being president in the way that people are used to, and I think that's the problem, I would say. The strength is that he's acted in a good way and lifted people's spirits in terms of economic growth and job creation. But he's a distraction in and of himself by creating all of these, through Twitter and...”
The interviewer interrupted Bush to ask, “Should he stop tweeting?”
“He should stop saying things that aren't true that are distractions from the task at hand,” Bush said. "My whole approach to this is to watch his deeds, not his words. His actions matter in terms of the long-term consequences for people."