No. Your revisionist history isn't needed here, friend. Bush is genuinely a nepo baby moron. He didn't know how to feel about anything until Cheney told him, and that ain't Cheney in his ear. That's why he sat there. His followup question to hearing the news was famously,

"Why you tryin' to kiss me in my ear, scooter? You tryna be my boyfriend or somethin? Seriously though, do we still get that pudding they serve on air force one on the way home or does this whatever crap you said mean we have to pretend to be all sad and not be seen with pudding right now? Because I'm telling you, pudding sounds awesome right about now, scooter."