claim: "president bush never did one interview with the new york times during his entire presidency."
author: rachel maddow
evidence_1: oct 19, 2017 ... the bush family has never been fond of mr. trump, who belittled jeb bush during  their contest for the republican presidential nomination last year. neither the  former president nor his father, former president george bush, voted for mr.  trump, and the two issued a joint statement in august denouncing ...
evidence_2: oct 17, 2004 ... the president has demanded unquestioning faith from his followers, his staff, his  senior aides and his kindred in the republican party. once he makes a ... when i  quoted o'neill saying that bush was like "a blind man in a room full of deaf  people," this did not endear me to the white house. but my phone ...
evidence_3: oct 18, 2017 ... mr. kirby left impressed. “president bush cared about every single one of us,” he  said. “he did. he cared. and i saw sincerity in his face.” write a comment. mr.  trump has also had comforting interactions with families. ardie wright, the father  of a green beret who died in niger this month alongside sergeant ...
evidence_4: aug 29, 2008 ... mccain has not called the president for advice, so bush vents his frustrations and  criticisms of obama during phone calls and get-togethers with current and former  advisers. (he and rove ... it now looks as if the surge, one of the riskiest  presidential decisions in a generation, has been vindicated. and bush ...
evidence_5: sep 10, 2016 ... compared to the flame-throwing temperament he has demonstrated throughout  his current presidential campaign, the most striking revelation of the ... trump was  in new york, on fifth avenue in trump tower, where he works and lives, and he  watched first on tv and then out his windows, staring four miles ...