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Subject: Re: George W. Bush joins Obama in rebuke of Trump
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:43:02 -0000 (UTC)
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Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama publicly condemned the 
> Trump administration's dismantling of USAID, joining singer Bono in an 
> emotional farewell via videoconference to the shuttered aid agency.
> 
> Obama, a Democrat, called the decision "a colossal mistake," while the 
> Republican Bush decried the cuts to his signature HIV/AIDS relief 
> program, asking, "Is it in our national interests that 25 million people 
> who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you."
> 
> Bono, appearing as a surprise guest, fought back tears as he honored the 
> agency's workers, calling them "the best of us." The videoconference 
> marked the end of USAID's 63-year run as an independent agency before 
> its absorption into the State Department under Secretary Marco Rubio.
> 
> This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow.
> 
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/george-w-bush-joins-obama-in-rebuke-of-trump/ar-AA1HIsKp?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=4a4b808fffde434e977317c428558b55&ei=13
> 
> 
> While I agree with both former Presidents, it's hard to accept criticism 
> from GWB, positively the worst President in my life time.
> 
> 

I love watching these two seethe. Both were CIA, you know. Trump isn’t.