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We have little different philosophies, right? I don’t know, we just got along, ... But I got along with everybody on that. You know, we met backstage before we went on, and I thought it was a beautiful service, but we all got along very well.”
the future commander-in-chief said, adding It did look very friendly, I must say,
Trump said of his viral moment with Obama on National Day of Mourning I saw it on your wonderful network just a little while ago before I came in, and I said, ‘Boy, they look like two people that like each other.’ And we probably do,
That day, just the four of us sat in the living room and shared memories that spanned almost six decades, a deep friendship that started in 1974,
When something is very painful or you’re grieving, there’s a higher tendency for you to close your eyes,
It's also typical of somebody specifically in grief, trauma, and loss at a funeral,
In this situation, he's nonverbally making an effort to lean over into him and to talk to him and joke around with him,
We're all fallible. But it's about asking ourselves are we striving to do things, the right things. What value, what are the values that animate our spirit. Do we operate from fear or hope, ego or generosity? Do we show grace? Do we keep the faith when it's most tested? Or keeping the faith with the best of humankind and the best of America is a story, in my view, from my perspective, of Jimmy Carter's life.”
Biden showered the late president with praise saying In reality, he saw well into the future. A white Southern Baptist who led on civil rights. A decorated Navy veteran who brokered peace. A brilliant nuclear engineer who led a nuclear non-proliferation. A hard working farmer who championed conservation and clean energy. And a president who redefined the relationship with a vice president.”
Attempting to set the record straight, he said Jimmy Carter’s friendship taught me… that strength of character is more than title of the power we hold,
Biden said alongside guests including Prince Edward, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton To young people, to anyone in search of meaning and purpose: study the power of Jimmy’s example,
He was my commander-in-chief when I served in Germany for three years, between 1976 to 1979,
I miss him, but I take solace in knowing that he and his beloved Rosalyn are reunited again,
We have an obligation to give hate no safe harbor, and to stand up to what my dad used to say is the greatest sin of all: the abuse of power,
Character, character, character.”
In a church filled with all of Carter’s living successors - including president-elect Donald Trump, who shared a rare laugh with Barack Obama before the service began - US president Joe Biden summed up Carter with one repeated word What you see right there is Barack Obama realizing it and realize that he kind of probably should kiss the ring, because President Trump is the most popular man in the world and probably the most popular man in our lifetime around the world, and everybody recognizes that now."
GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin said of Obama's interaction with Trump on Thursday Stop hating each other. Reality: [followed by the clip of Obama laughing at Trump's remark]."
Ed Krassenstein, AI and crypto futurist, shared the clip in an X post with the caption Sometimes I think we are all getting played."
In another post from minutes before, he shared a screenshot of Obama's laugh and wrote Jimmy Carter's state funeral was really like the reunion of family members that all hate each other.
