George W. Bush Is Telling People That Trump Makes Him Look 'Pretty Good' by Comparison

AlterNet
March 06, 2018

Former President George W. Bush is reportedly being open in private settings about his confusion regarding President Donald Trump's embattled administration.

“He’s shaking his head like everyone else, wondering why they can’t get their act together,” a Republican official close to the current White House administration told National Journal. “He wants the guy to succeed, but thinks a lot of his problems are self-inflicted.”

"Sorta makes me look pretty good, doesn't it?" Bush is reported to have said.

While Bush has seen a bump in his public approval rating, the war-mongering president was recently ranked by historians as the 30th best president out of the 44 men who have served.

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