<p>US President Donald Trump on Sunday struck out at former president George W. Bush, who in a video called for compassion and solidarity over the coronavirus pandemic.</p>.<p>Bush -- like Trump, a member of the Republican Party -- drew a parallel between the COVID-19 crisis and the September 11, 2001 attack in a clip posted Saturday by the George W. Bush Presidential Center.</p>.<p>The Al-Qaeda led terror attacks took place just months after Bush arrived in the White House.</p>.<p>"Following 9/11 I saw a great nation rise as one to honour the brave, to grieve with the grieving, and to embrace unavoidable new duties," Bush said, with archive images playing in the background.</p>.<p>Bush, 73, said he was convinced that the "spirit of sacrifice" has not disappeared, and called for compassion as the United States struggles to quell the novel coronavirus.</p>.<p>"Let us remember how small our differences are in the face of this shared threat," said Bush. "In the final analysis we are not partisan combatants, we are human beings."</p>.<p>Bush added that Americans should "remember that empathy and simple kindness are essential, powerful tools of national recovery."</p>.<p>As someone who is regularly criticized for his lack of empathy, Trump may have felt targeted.</p>.<p>Early Sunday, Trump responded, by apparently quoting a co-anchor from the "Fox and Friends" show on Fox News.</p>.<p>"Oh bye the way, I appreciate the message from former President Bush, but where was he during Impeachment calling for putting partisanship aside," Trump wrote, quoting the co-anchor.</p>.<p>Trump then added in his own voice: "He was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest Hoax in American history!"</p>
<p>US President Donald Trump on Sunday struck out at former president George W. Bush, who in a video called for compassion and solidarity over the coronavirus pandemic.</p>.<p>Bush -- like Trump, a member of the Republican Party -- drew a parallel between the COVID-19 crisis and the September 11, 2001 attack in a clip posted Saturday by the George W. Bush Presidential Center.</p>.<p>The Al-Qaeda led terror attacks took place just months after Bush arrived in the White House.</p>.<p>"Following 9/11 I saw a great nation rise as one to honour the brave, to grieve with the grieving, and to embrace unavoidable new duties," Bush said, with archive images playing in the background.</p>.<p>Bush, 73, said he was convinced that the "spirit of sacrifice" has not disappeared, and called for compassion as the United States struggles to quell the novel coronavirus.</p>.<p>"Let us remember how small our differences are in the face of this shared threat," said Bush. "In the final analysis we are not partisan combatants, we are human beings."</p>.<p>Bush added that Americans should "remember that empathy and simple kindness are essential, powerful tools of national recovery."</p>.<p>As someone who is regularly criticized for his lack of empathy, Trump may have felt targeted.</p>.<p>Early Sunday, Trump responded, by apparently quoting a co-anchor from the "Fox and Friends" show on Fox News.</p>.<p>"Oh bye the way, I appreciate the message from former President Bush, but where was he during Impeachment calling for putting partisanship aside," Trump wrote, quoting the co-anchor.</p>.<p>Trump then added in his own voice: "He was nowhere to be found in speaking up against the greatest Hoax in American history!"</p>