Thread by @sethjlevy

1/ A speech delivered by George W Bush on October 20, 2017. On the same day Obama delivered a similar speech. It was a coordinated attack on @POTUS @realDonaldTrump.

We need to remember that we are not living through a normal partisan battle.

2/ In the speech Bush says “Our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.”

He was signaling to the American people that Trump was lying to them.

Bush is a Republican.

But he was siding with Obama. Why?

3/ It’s now May 9, 2020. We now know there was no collusion thanks to Mueller. We know that not one Obama official ever had one piece of evidence of collusion thanks to Grenell. We know that Flynn was abusively targeted during the transition to power thanks to Jensen.

George?

4/ Bush is silent. Yet it’s now entirely clear that the conspiracies and fabrications came from Obama admin and Hillary campaign.

Truth is George doesn’t care about conspiracy theories and fabrications. He’s the king of WMD.

No, GWB was defending the political establishment.

5/ What exactly was he defending? The foreign policy, immigration and trade policies that have been the foundation of the elite establishment policy initiatives going all the way back to Reagan.

I know mentioning Reagan is going to puss some people off but it’s just accurate.

6/ Setting aside the incredible things Reagan accomplished with defeating the USSR, economic expansion and tax policy, he also allowed GHWB to begin the Bush era. That ran from the immigration amnesty through the remaking of the Middle East through NAFTA and to the verge of TPP.

7/ This era ran across Republican and Democrat presidencies. Highlighted by Bush (CIA) senior’s son and two Democrats that were compromised puppets from day one. Clinton with Whitewater and Barry Soetoro with Jeremiah Wright.

Establishmentarian control across nearly 40 years...

8/ What was the plan of the elite establishmentarian political class in 2016? Fully fund Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. Why? Because either way they win. But truth was that even if Rubio or Cruz or any of the rest of the Republicans won, the core policies wouldn’t change.

9/ That’s what Trump threatened. Don’t be fooled, it’s not a personal or personality thing. It’s not a presidential stylistic thing. It’s not a partisan thing. It’s a defense of and attempt to maintain a set of policies that enriched the elites. They aren’t just defending money..

10/ Speaking of conspiracies and fabrications, these people used any means necessary to accomplish their aims. Starting with the delayed release of Iranian hostages as a mechanism to defeat Carter. Yes, I went there.

They fear that their sins will find them out...

11/ This is the proper lense through which you can understand what was done to Flynn. This is why the establishment press clings to “But Flynn lied!!!”.

12/ Because if Trump is re-elected history gets written in a way that discredits what they all, the politicians and journalists, promoted and implemented over 40 years. History will write it as the failure it truly was.

As Barr said, history will be written by the victors:

13/ That is our burden. We must win.

Some of you are late to the fight. That’s ok. Welcome.

As the saying goes, “When you know better you do better”.

Unlike few re-elections in our country’s history, this is a true crossroads. /end