As the former presidents were seated at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, a CBS panel noted that Bush snubbed the president-elect. "This is an extraordinary moment as the president-elect is sitting next to Barack Obama," anchor Norah O'Donnell said.
Former US presidents and vice presidents attended the funeral of the 39th President Jimmy Carter on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Former President George W. Bush greeted his successor President Barack Obama at President Jimmy Carter's funeral in a way which caught viewers' attention Thursday. The moment, caught on camera, showed the Republican tap the Democrat's belly as he approached his seat at the Washington National Cathedral.
Bush has been largely absent from politics since leaving the White House, but has been critical of the GOP under Trump's leadership
George W. Bush gave fellow former president Barack Obama a friendly belly tap at the Jan. 9 funeral of Jimmy Carter, and the internet was obsessed with the viral moment.
WASHINGTON — Former President George W. Bush's casual greeting of former President Barack Obama at Jimmy Carter's state funeral is going viral online. Obama was seated next to President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, ahead of the service Thursday at Washington National Cathedral in the nation's capital.
In a viral moment, George W. Bush gives fellow former president Barack Obama a friendly belly tap at the Jan. 9 funeral of Jimmy Carter.
The program for Jimmy Carter’s state funeral could hardly have been more illustrious: Among the tributes were eulogies from two former presidents, one delivered from beyond the grave, and a performance by Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood.
Former President George W. Bush declined to shake the hand of President-elect Donald Trump at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral.As the former presidents were seated at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday,
Jimmy Carter—the 39th president of the United States, who died on Dec. 29 at 100—was laid to rest at the Georgia home he shared with wife Rosalynn Carter.