Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush argued in an interview that voters are going to be “betrayed” by promises made to them by presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, such as the border wall and the Muslim ban.
Bush told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, a former press secretary for Bush, in an interview set to air later Monday that the “tragedy” of Trump’s rise is his expoitation of the American voter, predicting that many of his promises will never come to fruition and that it’s “heartbreaking” that this could happen.
“Trump, you know, to his credit, was very smart at exploiting these kind of opportunities,” Bush said. “He’s a master at understanding how the media works — more than anybody I’ve seen in politics. Kudos to him for, you know, kind of creating the environment and then manipulating the environment to his effect.
“The tragedy of this though is that there isn’t going to be a wall built. And Mexico’s not going to pay for it. And there’s not going to be a ban on Muslims,” Bush said. “None of that is — this is all like an alternative universe that he created. The reality is that’s not going to happen. And people are going to be deeply frustrated and the divides will grow in our country.
“This extraordinary country, still the greatest country on the Earth, will continue to stagger instead of soar. And that’s the heartbreaking part of this — is I think people are really going to feel betrayed,” he added.
Bush has been fairly quiet since ending his campaign after the South Carolina primary, but has nonetheless been an intermitten critic of Trump. The former governor will not be attending the Republican National Convention next week along with a cadre of other high profile Republicans, including his father and brother, former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
