Say what you want about Donald Trump, but he speaks his mind, for good or ill. In the Media Matters blog, "Donald Trump accidentally demolishes Fox News Benghazi narrative," Eric Boehlert writes about Donald Trumps comments on George W. Bush's responsibility of 9/11 and and the hypocrisy of Fox News. Boehlert makes the point that if you are going to charge the leadership with neglect, be consistent with your outrage. If you are going to be angry about four dead Americans in Libya 3 years ago, which is a tragedy of course, you must be outraged at George W. Bush and his complacency before 9/11 that led to 3,000+ deaths in NYC, or the misinformation that lead to a long, expensive, costly war in Iraq. How about Ronald Reagan and the multiple attacks in Beirut in 1983 and 1984 that killed hundreds of Americans. All we are saying is be consistent.
Last week Trump was on Fox and Friends; they questioned him about Benghazi and he went on a tirade about George Bush's responsibility of 9/11 and the Iraq War. What they don't realize about Trump is that he couldn't care less about the Fox talking points; he follows his own script, or lack thereof. You can literally see Brian Kilmeade's head beginning to explode as Trump is saying absolute blasphemy, basically saying that George W. Bush is responsible for the tragedy that happened on 9/11. The best part is, Trump is kind of right. Bush did get a report during a daily brief on August 6th, 2001, 36 days before 9/11, that Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden were plotting a terrorist attack. Whether or not Trump knew any of this is anyone's guess, but at least he is saying this on Fox News and ruffling some feathers.
Jeb Bush can defend his brother all he wants, and Fox News can defend the Republican party all they want, but facts are facts. When it comes to Fox News, and sources of the like, facts seem to be elusive. News organizations shouldn't pick and choose who to point their outrage machine at; If you are outraged about Barrack Obama landing a deal with Iran to prevent them from building nuclear weapons, then you should also be outraged about Ronald Reagan selling actual weapons to Iranians in the 1980's. Consistency is the word of the day.
