their character. this means that people are every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally american. it means bigustry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the american creed. [ applause ] >> president bush's speeches come only a couple days after a powerful speech by senator john mccain who also talked about america's place in the world and didn't mention the president by name but rejected the trump administration's america first foreign policy. now, for the record, a spokesperson for president george w. bush tells nbc news that in those remarks the president was not criticizing president trump, saying, "these are the same themes president bush has spoken on for the last two decades. coming up, speaking of ex presidents, president obama weighed in on this topic as well. more of that later in the show and we'll be back in 60 seconds.