Donald Trump unhappy with Bush

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LOS ANGELES, July 13 (Reuters) - Billionaire Donald Trump, famous for telling contestants "You're Fired" on his hit show "The Apprentice,"' is not happy with the Bush Administration's handling of the Iraq war.

In an interview for the August edition of Esquire Magazine to be published on Friday, the magazine says he makes it clear the administration would never keep a job with him.

"Look at the war in Iraq and the mess that we're in. I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the country?," Trump said.

"C'mon. Two minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have," Trump said in excerpts of the interview released in advance to Reuters.

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[Cha]

1. Wow! I'm shocked and now I like Donald Trump...

first it was Howard Stern and now Trump!

[AlFrankenFan]

9. My exact reaction!

So maybe Donald Rumsfeld is worse than Trump after all!

[Tellurian]

11. Don't worry. Bush's is working on the revenge aspect..

When he is annoyed with someone Bush always looks for their weakness. I hear the other day, a mega wealthy Texan from Austin hired Kwami Jackson to run one of his companys at way more than Trump is paying Bill..

You can only guess why Kwami has become so desirable..

Batten down the hatches, Donald..

Bush has 'you' in the crosshairs.

[fearnobush]

2. But Donald, why did you give him $2000 check?

To be fair, he also gave Kerry a $2000 check.

[Cha]

3. I guess he has money to burn...cause that's just

stupid unless he gave it before the Iraqi Invasion fell apart.

[sandboxface]

14. I've heard rumors that Trump is essentially bankrupt..

His casinos are losing money - so much that collectors are threatening to start legal action. All he really has going for him is his show.

[FlashHarry]

4. He favors Dems.

I saw an interview with him (60 Minutes?) and he said, "Well... the economy does tend to do better under Democratic administrations."

[Sweetpea]

12. But if you donate to Republicans, you are comfortable playing

both sides. He can afford to.

[xray s]

5. The best bumper sticker around is...

"George W, You're Fired!"

It has the potential to be the catch phrase of the 2004 election.

[k in IA]

10. I had a dream that I was standing on the street behind my house

and one of Chimpy's bus tours goes by with me holding up a "You're FIRED" sign.

[Dover]

13. Georgie was never HIRED.......

and if he had been, it would have been as the doorman, mail boy or the official dog walker/pooper scooper.

[riverwalker]

6. Trump card

When The Apprentice series was a hit, he did an interview and was asked about the election. He said "well, the economy is always better when the Democrats are in power" and grinned. :9

[w4rma]

7. Fantastic! That is very well-stated! Trump is da' man! (nt)

[latebloomer]

8. Well, I wouldn't go THAT far!

[dArKeR]

15. Donald Trump Would 'Fire' Bush Over Iraq Invasion

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Billionaire Donald Trump, America's toughest employer, would like to fire the Bush Administration for its decision to invade Iraq (news - web sites), according to an interview in the August edition "Esquire," due to be released on Friday.

"Look at the war in Iraq and the mess that we're in. I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the country?," said the host of NBC's "The Apprentice," whose hallmark line is "You're fired."

"C'mon. Two minutes after we leave, there's going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he'll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn't have," Trump said in excerpts of the interview released in advance to Reuters.

"The Apprentice" was one of NBC's biggest hits last season, making the real estate mogul a well-known entity to TV viewing audiences.

"What was the purpose of the whole thing? Hundreds and hundreds of young people killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and no legs? Not to mention the other side. All those Iraqi kids who've been blown to pieces. And it turns out that all of the reasons for the war were blatantly wrong. All this for nothing!," Trump said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040713/people_nm/media_trump_dc

[DeepModem Mom]

16. Trump on finding Bin Laden, and energies focused in the wrong place --

"Bin Laden would have been caught long ago. Tell me, how is it possible that we can't find a guy who's six-foot-six and supposedly needs a dialysis machine? Can you explain that one to me? We have all our energies focused on one place, where they shouldn't be focused," he said.