Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yayin da Bush ya goyi bayan dan takarar shugaban kasa na Jam'iyyar Republican na 2012, Mitt Romney, ya ki amincewa da dan takarar Republican na 2016, Donald Trump. Har ila yau, Bush bai halarci ko dai
2012 ko 2016 Republican National Conventions, inda Romney da Trump, bi da bi, ba a ba da izinin ba. A jajibirin nadin Trump, an ba da rahoton cewa Bush ya nuna damuwa game da shugabancin Jam'iyyar Republican na yanzu kuma ya gaya wa ƙungiyar tsoffin mataimakansa da masu ba da shawara, "Ina damuwa cewa zan zama shugaban Republican na ƙarshe". Bush da matarsa Laura ba su zabi Trump ba a zaben shugaban kasa na 2016 a cewar mai magana da yawun dangin Bush, maimakon haka sun zabi su bar kuri'unsu na shugaban kasa a banza. Bayan zaben, Bush, mahaifinsa, da dan uwansa Jeb sun kira Trump a waya don taya shi murna kan nasararsa. Dukansu shi da Laura sun halarci bikin rantsar da Trump, kuma hotunan Bush da ke gwagwarmaya don sanya ruwan sama a lokacin bikin ya zama abin tunawa na intanet. Yayin da yake barin taron, an yi zargin cewa Bush ya bayyana bikin, musamman jawabin rantsar da Trump, a matsayin "wasu abubuwa masu ban mamaki".