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Source: USA Today
Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary during the Bush administration, told CNN that Trump sounds like a "truther," a term applied to conspiracy theorists who believe that the U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attacks.
"I just think he (Trump) belongs to an extraordinarily small faction of people who blame 9/11 on George Bush," Fleischer said.
The controversy began Friday when Bloomberg Television released an interview with Trump in which the billionaire businessman said he was more competent than the former president.
"When you talk about George Bush, I mean say what you want the World Trade Center came down during his time," Trump said.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/10/17/trump-faces-backlash-blaming-ex-president-george-w-bush-911/74129434/
An "extraordinarily small faction" Ari? Like, say, 50%? Just ask us!