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Except the Clintons and the Obamas will both attend the funeral and pay their respects even though they were opposites on the political spectrum.
They're not the President. Thank God. Guess you haven't read the typical protocol of the President for these things. Trump is President, not the Clintons, nor Obamas.
Full disclosure - I am not a supporter of Trump and am not defending him.
As noted, this is a non-story. Sitting Presidents do not go to the funerals of former First Ladies unless they were close personal friends. The current and former First Ladies do go and often former Presidents.
When Obama didn't go to Nancy Reagan's, the same "outrage" came from the conservative side of the aisle.
Just let it go folks. If the President skips the funeral of a former President, then the hate can flow.
What a load of rubbish that he can't attend because of security disruptions and "out of respect " for the Bush family! He's probably scared of the Bushes and he realizes he won't be the center of attention at the funeral.
So Melania will attend while he works hard this weekend at Mar-A-Lago !
Of course if he did attend you'd be the first one to cross post articles how he entered the room, how he got of his car, did Melania rebuff him, and if you're lucky somebody will snap of picture of his hair in the wind. Besides, what do you care?
President Trump will not attend former First Lady Barbara Bush’s funeral on Saturday, the White House announced.
“To avoid disruptions due to added security, and out of respect for the Bush Family and friends attending the service, President Trump will not attend,” the White House said in a statement.
First Lady Melania Trump will attend the funeral.
Aside from her husband and son, other former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama will be at Saturday's service.
Former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama will also attend.
What a load of rubbish that he can't attend because of security disruptions and "out of respect " for the Bush family! He's probably scared of the Bushes and he realizes he won't be the center of attention at the funeral.
So Melania will attend while he works hard this weekend at Mar-A-Lago !
And if he would be attending, then you would be complaining about that too.
Leave the man alone.
He obviously wasn't close to the Bush's -- why waste the day going to the funeral.
Presidents don't normally go to a funeral for a former first lady. Obama did not go to either Nancy's or Betty's funerals(were you as outraged then are you are now?), Bush didn't go to Lady Bird's funeral, etc.
I hope she wears sneakers when she boards the plane to fly there
President Obama was scheduled to give the keynote speech at the South by Southwest Conference at the same time as Mrs. Reagan's funeral. His wife went and she along with all the other first ladies attended Betty Ford's funeral as is custom. I would think it would be uncomfortable for the Bush family to have Mr. Trump at Barbara's funeral, given recent history but it's not without tradition for him not to go. (Though it would have been thoughtful to postpone the golf game and stay inside for a few hours.) Glad Melania will do her duty and get away from the pressure of living with Donald for awhile. She always looks like hostage Patty Hearst.
It’s funny how one minute Obama is a radical socialist, and the next minute he’s the establishment. Whatever the right ones to rail against, that’s what Obama is.
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