{"id":1172828,"date":"2021-12-30T14:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172828"},"modified":"2021-12-30T14:04:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T19:04:48","slug":"i-know-nothing-george-w-bush-admitted-ignorance-of-foreign-affairs-before-taking-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-know-nothing-george-w-bush-admitted-ignorance-of-foreign-affairs-before-taking-office\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;I Know Nothing&#039;: George W. Bush Admitted Ignorance of Foreign Affairs Before Taking Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-know-nothing-george-w-bush-admitted-ignorance-of-foreign-affairs-before-taking-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1172828&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">George W. Bush admitted to a less than stellar understanding of foreign affairs&nbsp;when he first encountered Britain\u2019s ambassador to the U.S. in 1998. The pair came together ahead of Bush announcing his run for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The rare moment of personal insight arrived when Sir Christopher Meyer traveled to meet the then Texas governor, according to&nbsp;newly released files from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/\">UK National Archives<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10354461\/George-W-Bush-startling-confession-Britains-ambassador-archive-documents-reveal.html\">&nbsp;as seen<\/a> by the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Bush was reportedly candid&nbsp;in admitting his ignorance of international relations despite his own father having been president from 1989 to 1993.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBush admitted that, apart from Mexico, he did not know much about international affairs and that he would do well to broaden his experience,\u201d Sir Christopher wrote in his own notes now held in the archives. \u201cHis world view \u2013 as he is well aware \u2013 is largely limited to the Texan and Mexican horizons.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7539689\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jimmy-Carter-George-W-Bush-640x480-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7539689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jimmy-Carter-George-W-Bush-640x480-AP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House, Tuesday, July 31, 2001, President George W. Bush and former President Carter talk about a long-awaited report on how to improve America\u2019s voting system. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ambassador urged him to visit the UK, but the future president hesitated and said he could not afford to be seen undertaking high-profile foreign travel ahead of gubernatorial elections that autumn.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>During what was described as \u201can amiable 40-minute conversation\u201d in the governor\u2019s office in Austin, Bush insisted he had not made up his mind whether to make a run for the presidency in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was concerned for his family. Washington was a zoo, an ugly place. Of course he could not deny that he had a real interest in running,\u201d Sir Christopher noted, adding public speculation was also limited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Texas electorate would not forgive him if he appeared to be taking his eye off the business of governing Texas,\u201d Sir Christopher reported.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted if Bush did decide to seek the Republican Party nomination, he was regarded in the political salons in Washington as \u201cby far the front runner.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former President George W. Bush is still urging Congress to import more cheap and compliant visa workers \u2014 and even more legal immigrants \u2014 17 years after he pushed Congress to adopt his very unpopular \u201cAny Willing Worker\u201d cheap labor law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HYSFn38c0F\">https:\/\/t.co\/HYSFn38c0F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1384222936274403340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis meeting confirmed my first snap opinion of George W: Very personable and with a good self-deprecating sense of humour,\u201d the diplomatic representative noted.<\/p>\n<p>Bush served two terms as president between 2001 and 2009. His eight-year spell in the White House was dominated by the twin demands of military conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George W. Bush admitted to a less than stellar understanding of foreign affairs\u00a0when he first encountered Britain\u2019s ambassador to the U.S. in 1998. 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