Bush has been largely absent from politics since leaving the White House, but has been critical of the GOP under Trump's leadership The post WATCH: George W. Bush Does Not Greet Donald And Melania Trump — Gives Obama Loving Belly Tap first appeared on Mediaite.

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.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she is not attending a gathering of former U.S. leaders and their spouses, but former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will be there.

The former presidents shared a playful moment at the Capitol Rotunda during the inauguration Former President Barack Obama playfully kept a watchful eye on fellow former President George W. Bush during President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Former president George W. Bush took the internet by storm during the 2025 Inauguration of President Donald Trump, where the 43rd president seemed to have a playful moment during the proceedings.

Nixon would have to wait eight years to be sworn in as president, while his losing Democratic opponent — outgoing Vice President Hubert Humphrey — looked on. He was inaugurated a second time after winning reelection in 1972, only to resign after the Watergate scandal.

Monday’s change of Oval Office occupants is a ritual full of traditions and customs. One of the more modern ones began in 1989, when Ronald Reagan left a note for George H.W. Bush on stationery with a whimsical bit of advice.

A. January 1981 was a good time to be a Republican. Ronald Reagan was about to become president after defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter in November, and the GOP controlled the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1955. The new majority leader in that chamber was Tennessee's Howard Baker, a McCallie School graduate and avid Krystal fan.

The true test of leadership is not in the position, but in the impact you have on others.” — John Quincy Adams Related: Abraham Lincoln's Most Memorable Quotes 26. “America is a tune. It must be sung together.

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop.

The five living current and former presidents all attended the funeral, making this the first time they’d been together since the most recent presidential funeral, for George H.W. Bush ... with a program, while Al Gore looked on, as if Gore of all ...

A memorial service for President Jimmy Carter has reunited all five living presidents Thursday in Washington D.C. as well as two former vice presidents who had a heartfelt moment last summer.