According to several reports, Donald Trump made no effort to greet President Jimmy Carter, the oldest living American president, during the funeral service for President George H.W. Bush on Wednesday.
As Trump and his wife arrived to sit in the “President’s Club” pew at the Washington National Cathedral, Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, looked straight ahead, and Trump didn’t even look at them.
After the lack of a greeting, President Carter checked his watch and turned his head away from the others to chat with his wife, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. As everyone was seated, everyone in the “President’s Club” pew sat quietly, eyes forward.
“President Donald Trump stared straight ahead. Former President Bill Clinton scanned the program. Former President Jimmy Carter checked his watch,” the USA Today [1] said.
The cold reception was a bit odd, as Carter has been fairly quiet about Trump in the media. Carter has openly said that Trump would deserve the Nobel Peace Prize [2] if he brought about denuclearization in North Korea.
Carter also said it was wrong for Democrats to even think about impeaching Trump [3].
But still, the country’s oldest living president got no love from Trump, and the internet noticed:
Jimmy Carter's side eye as Trump shakes hands with Michelle Obama is a wonderful thing to behold (???? Getty) #GeorgeHWBushFuneral [4] pic.twitter.com/0wM1bJrEWW [5]
— Will Tooke (@willtooketv) December 5, 2018 [6]
I expected him to ignore the Clintons and as he was next to the Obamas, give a brief handshake, but to ignore Jimmy Carter, who is the mildest most Christian soul, that was rudeness personified. Carter outclassed trump by a country mile.
— Joy Morris (@happycatjoy) December 6, 2018 [7]
tRump did not greet President Jimmy Carter. Guess it was too far to walk without a motorcade.
— Angie ???????? (@GeorgianRose) December 6, 2018 [8]
Does anyone else notice that Jimmy Carter, who is 94 years old and had brain cancer, is 100 times as cognitively with it as Trump appears to be? I guess his mind isn’t on prison and Robert Mueller though. #GeorgeHWBushFuneral [4]
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) December 5, 2018 [9]
Jimmy Carter's side eye as Trump shakes hands with Michelle Obama is a wonderful thing to behold???????????????????? #PettyMoment [10] #GeorgeHWBushFuneral [4] pic.twitter.com/faIP3nkJYI [11]
— Brandon C. Bragg (@Bntruth1) December 6, 2018 [12]
Jimmy Carter has the determined look of a man deciding right there and then that he's going to stick around long enough so that he can watch as Trump is denied a State Funeral #GeorgeHWBushFuneral [4] pic.twitter.com/wT8xRfvieh [13]
— Tess ???? (@violetscrawley) December 5, 2018 [14]
Why is everyone on Presidential Row sitting like a normal person, while Trump looks like he's squatting on the throne, taking a dump?
Ohhhh…Jimmy Carter just looked down the row toward the Trump's with total Presidential side eye. Go, Jimmy! #BushFuneral [15]
— ChicksDigScars (@Chezhdchick) December 5, 2018 [16]