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riversedge

(70,239 posts)
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:29 AM Dec 2018

Why Bush wanted Trump at his funeral George H.W. Bush may perform one last service for his cou

I suspect Mueller will not let anything out in court for a few days either.



Why Bush wanted Trump at his funeral

George H.W. Bush may perform one last service for his country this week by clearing a path for unity in DC

https://www.cnn.com/




In George H.W. Bush's repose, a rare chance for unity

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/03/politics/trump-bush-political-unity/index.html

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN

Updated 6:46 AM ET, Mon December 3, 2018



(CNN)George H.W. Bush can perform one last, posthumous service to his country this week by orchestrating a rare moment of unity and a short-term truce in the rancorous politics swirling around the crisis-stricken Trump presidency.

The remains of the former president, who died at home in Texas on Friday night at 94, will be brought to Washington on Monday to allow the nation to bid farewell to a man whose one-term presidency looks better with each year that passes.

The ex-commander-in-chief will lie in state at the US Capitol ahead of a state funeral service in Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday that will see a meeting of the world's most exclusive club — that of former presidents.

For a few days, a building showdown over a possible partial government shutdown may ease, and the increasing threat posed to the Trump presidency by special counsel Robert Mueller could fade into the background.

Despite antipathy between the Bush family and President Donald Trump, the 41st president made clear he wanted America's current leader to be at the funeral, putting the institution of the presidency above personal animosities.
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Why Bush wanted Trump at his funeral George H.W. Bush may perform one last service for his cou (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2018 OP
Who has the job of briefing trump on how to act at a funeral? appleannie1943 Dec 2018 #1
Please let it rain DUgosh Dec 2018 #2
My first thought. Lochloosa Dec 2018 #5
His burial is going to be at Texas A&M LeftInTX Dec 2018 #12
I said this in an email yesterday- rzemanfl Dec 2018 #3
State funerals require the presence of the Head of State which is Trump Kaleva Dec 2018 #4
It's too bad the funeral isn't Saturday... dubyadiprecession Dec 2018 #6
The man who pardoned the Iran-Contra conspirators to protect his own hide 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2018 #7
🖕 CNN GeorgeGist Dec 2018 #8
I don't want to unite with the dark side MagickMuffin Dec 2018 #9
Expect to hear more about "unity" and "bipartisanship" from republicans - it's b/c they know harumph Dec 2018 #10
I was thinking more along the lines of giving him an opportunity to dismay his remaining supporters. eppur_se_muova Dec 2018 #11
He's not speaking... LeftInTX Dec 2018 #13

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
1. Who has the job of briefing trump on how to act at a funeral?
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:42 AM
Dec 2018

And who wants to bet on how he finds a way to make it all about him?

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
12. His burial is going to be at Texas A&M
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 01:46 PM
Dec 2018

There will be no outdoor pics.

If it rains, SS will devise a way to get him into the national cathedral without ruining his hair.

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)
3. I said this in an email yesterday-
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:46 AM
Dec 2018

In a perfect world 41's dead hand would reach out of the casket, grab Drumpf by the combover and he'd yell to the other Presidents, "Okay, take this evil fucker out, the Secret Service will stand down."

Kaleva

(36,307 posts)
4. State funerals require the presence of the Head of State which is Trump
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:50 AM
Dec 2018

The only way the Bush family could have prevented Trump from attending is to not have a state funeral. It's not that George H. W. Bush wanted Trump there, it's how things work.

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,004 posts)
7. The man who pardoned the Iran-Contra conspirators to protect his own hide
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:23 AM
Dec 2018

Actually has a lot in common with Trump.

MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)
9. I don't want to unite with the dark side
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:36 AM
Dec 2018

TYVM

Especially if it means the increasing threat posed to the Trump presidency by special counsel Robert Mueller could fade into the background.

NOPE, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!

sorry CNN, just NO on your unity bullshit!

harumph

(1,900 posts)
10. Expect to hear more about "unity" and "bipartisanship" from republicans - it's b/c they know
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 11:45 AM
Dec 2018

they're on the short end of the demographic stick. Unity for republicans means
democrats biting their tongues while R's continue their disastrous policies.
Sorry, no can do.

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
11. I was thinking more along the lines of giving him an opportunity to dismay his remaining supporters.
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 12:09 PM
Dec 2018

45 will make some horridly inappropriate comments over 45's casket, and they'll be rerun over and over on every local station in the country.

If that works out, thanks, Poppy.

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
13. He's not speaking...
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 01:50 PM
Dec 2018

He's gonna meet privately with the Bush family.

He did send out a stupid tweet that he "looks forward" to expressing his condolences to the Bush family.

Also Bush is getting buried in TX.
Trump's roll in all of this will consist of sitting in a pew during the funeral. (Maybe he'll make weird faces)

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