President-elect Donald Trump said that he and former President Barack Obama "probably do" like each other following Jimmy Carter's funeral.
When asked Thursday what he and Barack Obama chatted about earlier at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump declined to go into details—but said he didn’t realize how friendly the exchange appeared to those watching.
The former president and once-again-future president, who are historically something less than besties, chatted it up before the service began. (Michelle Obama was not in attendance.)
Donald Trump shook hands with Mike Pence at Jimmy Carter's state funeral -- a notable exchange as the two men have not interacted publicly in years.
Trump is obviously no fan of Biden, but Obama and his veep also have a famously complex relationship, only made more so after Obama helped nudge Biden to quit the presidential race last summer. Surely Obama feels some frustration that Biden fumbled a possibly winnable race; maybe he couldn’t help spill to his sworn enemy?
After Trump launched his bid for his first term in office in 2015, Obama, then-president, mocked his chances of ever assuming the nation’s office. The incident, which occurred on a late-night comedy show, went viral after Trump went on to win the presidency not once but twice.
Despite years of political feuding, former presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump appeared at ease, shaking hands and chatting at length before the service began. They smiled and chuckled during their conversation,
Donald Trump and Barack Obama shared a joke at Jimmy Carter's funeral - and now a lip reader has revealed exactly what the two former US Presidents said to each other
Carter’s funeral is the first for a president since George H.W. Bush’s in 2018, bringing a rare moment of civility to politics as all of the remaining U.S. presidents came together
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden joined Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff in the row in front of Obama and Trump. Harris did not interact with Trump when she walked in, prompting social media users to react to her glancing at the president-elect chatting with Obama.
Barack Obama laughed at a remark Donald Trump made while seated before the commencement of Jimmy Carter's funeral on Thursday. The moment between the two presidents was captured on camera and has been circulating online, with one social media post receiving over 1.4 million views.
Donald Trump publicly interacted with his former vice president Mike Pence for the first time in four years on Thursday at Jimmy Carter's funeral.