We reported earlier on some of the priceless interactions between the various presidents, vice presidents, and their spouses at the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter.
We saw President Trump shake hands with his former VP Mike Pence, despite what can only be considered strained feelings between the two these days. There was the chilly interaction between Jill Biden and Kamala Harris, and the ridiculous reason that Michelle Obama wasn’t there. There was Joe Biden, looking out of it, as usual. George W. acknowledging Obama by belly-tapping him. Then there was the secret laugh between Barack and Trump. I was dying to know what Trump said, and betting it was about Joe Biden. Bill and Hillary Clinton were there too, looking very old and angry while avoiding the Trumps.
When even CNN’s Jake Tapper has to refer to the interaction between Jill Biden and Kamala Harris as not typically “warm” — you know just how bad it was.
But Trump was above it all and showed that, even as some of those folks were trying to snub him and not acknowledge him, he was the better man, upholding norms, even with the horrible people who did everything they could to attack him.