# Why hasn't George W. Bush spoken out against Trump? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 23, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-george-w-bush-spoken-out-against-trump/1006074 "2024-08-23T00:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-george-w-bush-spoken-out-against-trump/1006074/61 "2024-09-02T03:03:32Z")
Oh. That is so, um … sad, yeah, yeah, that’s the ticket, sad. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-george-w-bush-spoken-out-against-trump/1006074/62 "2024-09-02T03:12:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve been saying for a while that Bush, himself, was a basically decent person, who had the misfortune of being stupid enough to be easily manipulated by evil people. Agreed. And I think that his religious awakening (driven by his problems with alcohol) opened him up to delusions of his greatness. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-george-w-bush-spoken-out-against-trump/1006074/63 "2024-09-02T03:43:25Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > GWB was not obviously the worst president before T. Reagan was horrible. Most of the problems we have today can be traced back to him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-george-w-bush-spoken-out-against-trump/1006074.md?page=3)