When Jeb Bush was asked in an interview to name a few things he liked about fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, he had a tough time — and, after a few minutes of thought, he came up with some arguably backhanded compliments.
"I admire the fact that he's politically incorrect. I think we're a little too uptight as a nation," Bush said in a Friday interview on CBS This Morning. The second thing Bush says he "admires" about Trump is "the fact that he doesn't feel embarrassed about his wealth."
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