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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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Link to tweet
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)And who wants to bet on how he finds a way to make it all about him?
DUgosh
(3,056 posts)Lochloosa
(16,065 posts)LeftInTX
(25,364 posts)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)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)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.
dubyadiprecession
(5,711 posts)That would mess up trumps golfing weekend in palm beach.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,004 posts)Actually has a lot in common with Trump.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,943 posts)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)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)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)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)