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Miles Archer

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7. I can see that...whether it's his father or the family as a whole.

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 17, 2026, 06:05 PM

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He's smart enough to know that once you engage in unrestrained verbal combat with Trump, it never ends.

And I think that Bush basically wants to live out his twilight years in peace. Can't say that I blame him, and as I said in the OP, I don't say that as someone who admires or respects him.

He'll always be that "Now watch this drive" guy, the "I'M THE DECIDER" guy, the "catapulting the propaganda" guy, the "lied us into Iraq" guy.

He's seen the bottomless pit of seething hatred that is Donald Trump, and he wants no part of it. Personally, or in the form of attacks on his family.

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NOT "defending" George W Bush in any way, but he NEVER had the APPETITE to lock horns with Trump. [View all] Miles Archer Tuesday OP

Agree totally. Expected nothing, got very little. Whyisthisstillclose Tuesday #1

I could see him being intimidated or even "scared" by trump Blue Owl Tuesday #2

Jeb has been conspicuously silent as well. sop Tuesday #3

"w" is a nepo baby . Total sellout and traitor Bread and Circuses Tuesday #4

I think jr is protecting his daddy's legacy UpInArms Tuesday #5

I can see that...whether it's his father or the family as a whole. Miles Archer Tuesday #7

Plus he doesn't want the cult to go after his daughter Jenna dalton99a Tuesday #10

That makes sense too Miles Archer Tuesday #12

I imagine that the FBI and other federal agencies are storing an awful lot of skeletons and alwaysinasnit Tuesday #6

Remember how his 1976 DUI arrest wasn't made known until right before Election 2000? Wednesdays Tuesday #13

Oh yeah, that's right. We did start to hear about Bush's Nat'l Guard service scandal but that alwaysinasnit Tuesday #14

His work on AIDS in Africa was significant. mr715 Tuesday #8

Dubya is Trump's political father. gulliver Tuesday #9

Another rich kid brain-damaged by his alcohol and cocaine excesses struggle4progress Tuesday #11