All of the living past leaders gathered for the next time this month at President Donald Trump‘s next opening — with just one notable absence from the proceedings.
The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama did not say why Michelle Obama skipped the commencement.
Barack Obama not just showed up but appeared to be in a celebratory mood. When a worker asked Bush if he was going to “behave” at the opening, Obama, who was standing near, answered, “Nope. ”
President Obama and Bush on their manner to the Capitol Rotunda:
Staffer to Bush: “Are you going to behave? ”
Obama bells in from behind: “Nope. ” photograph. tweets. com/xGNTTo6r2t
— Emily Davies ( @ELaserDavies ) January 20, 2025
Included in the festivities were all three of Trump’s general election critics, former first lady Hillary Clinton, now-former President Biden, and former Vice President Kamala Harris, who attended along with her father, Doug Emhoff, as part of the cheerful management.
Monday marked the next day in just a few months that the current and former president all gathered up. At Carter’s death earlier this month, they all sat near each other, with Trump and Obama seated together and actually enjoying some polite conversation that went viral.
Find IT: Trump starts speaking into Barack Obama’s neck. Obama starts cracking up.
Kamala Harris turns round and looks at them in contempt. photograph. tweets. com/vtxyMfAZkd
— Eric Daugherty ( @EricLDaugh ) January 9, 2025
There were more popular events on Monday. Bush’s brand quirkiness was on show as he enjoyed himself throughout the proceedings.
Biden fought again a laugh at points throughout Trump’s comment.
Information circulated that Hillary Clinton began laughing when Trump proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America. ”
Hillary Clinton seen laughing when Trump announces’ Gulf of America ‘ replace photograph. tweets. com/OS93IQi7uj— New York Post ( @nypost ) January 20, 2025
After the meeting, Trump delivered notes to backers in an overflowing area at the Capitol and took photos at some of his previous rivals.
“Hillary did n’t look too happy today, ” Trump told the crowd.
For Biden, the opening came after he spent the morning issuing a new kills of clemency, including for several of his household users. Biden, who became a former chairman at noon, faces to California this night.
At a farewell speech, Biden took one farewell killed at his son.
“We heard the inaugural address now, we have a lot more to do, ” Biden told the audience Monday as he pledged to stay in the battle.
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While all of the former president attended the opening, Bush, Clinton, and Obama did not take part in the annual dinner after in the day.
Trump skipped Biden’s opening in 2021 and did not extend a preinauguration proposal to the White House after refusing to accept the 2020 vote.
