A short clip of Matt Lauer interviewing former President George W. Bush in February is making the rounds of social media, but we’ll go ahead and spoil the ending for those who can’t play the clip out loud or are triggered by the omnipresent smugness in Lauer’s voice.
As the interview turned to the current challenge of unifying the country, Bush wasn’t shy about the influence of new media on politics since his time in office, when broadcast network personalities like Lauer “mattered a lot more.”
Bush: "When I was President you mattered a lot more."
????— Dave Herculon (@DaveEverlasting) March 8, 2017
Hahahahahaha! Brilliant. #ouch
pic.twitter.com/VQltAMGqdL— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) March 7, 2017
OHHHHHHHHH ouch!
— T☮M (@thomasdfournier) March 8, 2017
@kris_sims @EvanLSolomon Gold from Dubya
— Roger (@rogergumley) March 7, 2017
strangely enough the American media didn't promote this part of the clip https://t.co/0xC98rbPs8
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) March 8, 2017
Oh snap.
— Lt. Colonel Lucky Peter (@spongeworthy2) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/siftyboones/status/839292849795522560
That was amazing.
— John Q. MAGA (@maybeMAGA) March 8, 2017
Good ol' George, gotta love him.
— jenifer (@TXBINKY) March 7, 2017
That was so smooth, you still can’t tell if Bush had the knife in his hand the whole time or not.
https://twitter.com/DonaldLiggett1/status/839250421684273152