President Donald Trump understands why Barbara Bush was critical of him.
“I have heard that she was nasty to me, but she should be,” he told The Washington Times. “Look what I did to her sons.”
According to a new biography of the former first lady, she referred to Trump as “the real symbol of greed in the 80s.” Bush, who died last April, gave Susan Page, author of “The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty,” access to her diaries.
The Times noted Bush’s opinion of Trump declined even further once her son, Jeb, entered the 2016 presidential race.
“Look, she’s the mother of somebody that I competed against,” Trump said. “Most people thought he (Jeb Bush) was going to win and he was quickly out.
"I hit him very hard in South Carolina. Remember? He was supposed to win South Carolina and I won it in a landslide. I hit him so hard.
“That’s when his brother came to make the first speech for him. And I said, ‘What took you so long?’”
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