Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said his Republican opponent Donald Trump comes across as “an actor playing the role of a candidate for president.”
Bush said Trump doesn’t have “a broad sense of the responsibilities of what it is to be a president,” specifically criticizing Trump’s foreign policy positions, in an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.
The two Republican presidential hopefuls have recently gone back-and-forth about the comments Trump made about former President George W. Bush, saying “When you talk about George Bush, I mean, say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time.”
Trump tweeted Sunday morning, “Jeb Bush should stop trying to defend his brother and focus on his own shortcomings and how to fix them.”
Jeb Bush should stop trying to defend his brother and focus on his own shortcomings and how to fix them. Also, Rubio is hitting him hard!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2015
He later tweeted a question to Bush, asking why his brother attacked and destabilized the Middle East “attacking Iraq when there were no weapons of mass destruction? Bad info?”
Jeb, why did your brother attack and destabalize the Middle East by attacking Iraq when there were no weapons of mass destruction? Bad info?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 18, 2015
Bush defended his brother again, saying he responded to the crisis “as any president would do.” He questioned why Trump continues to bring this up, adding that his comments don’t prove he has a serious understanding of foreign policy.
“Across the spectrum of foreign policy, Mr. Trump talks about things as though he’s still on The Apprentice,” Bush said. “Literally talking about Syria saying ISIS should take out Assad and then Russia should take out ISIS as though it was some sort of board game is not a serious approach.”








