--- title: Jeb Bush: People Will 'Feel Betrayed' by Donald Trump description: Jeb Bush said people will "feel betrayed" by Donald Trump when the presumptive Republican nominee cannot deliver on his campaign promises. canonical: https://time.com/4401998/jeb-bush-donald-trump-president/ author: Brendan Dorsey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-11T22:21:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:57.900Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush Says People Will 'Feel Betrayed' by Donald Trump og:description: Bush said Trump is living in an 'alternate universe' og:url: https://time.com/4401998/jeb-bush-donald-trump-president/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d0891e2a4f66f99/69889b80fb4eacde1888e400/donald-trump-jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2800 og:image:height: 1575 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-DEBATE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush Says People Will 'Feel Betrayed' by Donald Trump twitter:description: Bush said Trump is living in an 'alternate universe' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d0891e2a4f66f99/69889b80fb4eacde1888e400/donald-trump-jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush Says People Will 'Feel Betrayed' by Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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Jeb Bush speak during the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 16, 2015. Republican presidential hopeful real estate magnate Donald Trump and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speak during the Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 16, 2015. FREDERIC J BROWN—AFP/Getty Images by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jul 11, 2016 10:21 PM UTC Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said people are going to “feel betrayed” by Donald Trump when the presumptive Republican nominee is not able to deliver on his campaign promises like [building a border wall](http://time.com/4045724/donald-trump-stephen-colbert/) or [banning Muslims](http://time.com/4366912/donald-trump-orlando-shooting-muslim-ban/) from the United States. “That’s the heartbreaking part of this — I think people are really going to feel betrayed,” Bush [said](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/jeb-bush-people-will-feel-betrayed-trump-n607251) to MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace. “The tragedy of this, though, is that there isn’t going to be a wall built. And Mexico’s not going to pay for it. And there’s not going to be a ban on Muslims. This is all like an alternative universe that he created. The reality is, that’s not going to happen.” Trump and Bush consistently sparred in the Republican Primary, with Donald Trump [branding Bush as “low energy” and a “lightweight”](http://time.com/3966085/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-lindsey-graham/) during the race. Bush also added that Trump’s candidacy is bad for the country. “People are going to be deeply frustrated, and the [divides will grow in our country](http://time.com/4399947/president-obama-u-s-division-dallas/),” he said. “This extraordinary country, still the greatest country on earth, will continue to stagger instead of soar.” Since leaving the race in February, Bush has kept a low profile, though he said he will not vote for Trump in May and [recently endorsed](http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/look-whos-back-jeb-bush-endorses-david-jolly-for-cd13-seat-will-campaign/2284902) Republican congressional candidate Rep. David Jolly, who is battling former Florida Gov. Charlie Christ for a House seat in Florida’s 13th congressional district. Bush also plans on skipping the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. \[[The Hill](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287244-bush-people-will-feel-betrayed-by-trump)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4401998/jeb-bush-donald-trump-president/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4401998/jeb-bush-donald-trump-president/"},"headline":"Jeb Bush Says People Will 'Feel Betrayed' by Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-07-11T22:21:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:57.900Z","description":"Bush thinks Trump is living in an 'alternate universe'","url":"https://time.com/4401998/jeb-bush-donald-trump-president/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d0891e2a4f66f99/69889b80fb4eacde1888e400/donald-trump-jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brendan Dorsey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1d0891e2a4f66f99/69889b80fb4eacde1888e400/donald-trump-jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-DEBATE","caption":"US-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-DEBATE","creditText":"FREDERIC J BROWN—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4401998/jeb-bush-donald-trump-president/","name":"Jeb Bush Says People Will 'Feel Betrayed' by Donald Trump"}}]}] ```