Right here’s hoping Melania Trump is a professional at disassociating by now — as a result of she’s going to wish it.
The primary girl will host the revealing of a U.S. Postal Service stamp devoted to her late predecessor Barbara Bush, spouse of the late President George H.W. Bush, this Thursday within the White Home’s East Room.
However the occasion’s most important invitee — former President George W. Bush — is probably going going to skip the occasion honoring his mom, two unnamed officers informed The Washington Submit.
Representatives for the previous president didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.
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There will probably be a Bush readily available on the unveiling, the Submit experiences. Dorothy Bush Koch, George W. Bush’s youthful sister, is listed as a featured speaker on the occasion. Alice Yates, chief government of the George and Barbara Bush Basis, can even be in attendance.
No phrase but on whether or not former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager will blab about all of this on “Today,” however, hey, hold your fingers crossed!
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Though he attended each of President Donald Trump’s inaugurations, George W. Bush has by no means endorsed Trump himself, declining to again his fellow Republican in each 2016 and 2024.
He additionally appears much less eager to pal round with Trump than he does with the Obamas — who, in contrast to Trump and the Bush household, are Democrats.
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At a 2021 occasion marking twenty years because the 9/11 assaults, Bush bemoaned that “so much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear, and resentment.”
Trump appeared to assume the Texas Republican’s remarks had been straight aimed toward him and snapped again in an announcement saying that the youthful Bush had “led a failed and uninspiring presidency” and “shouldn’t be lecturing anybody!”
It also needs to be famous that neither of Bush’s dad and mom was a fan of Trump. George H.W. Bush declined to endorse him in 2016, opting to again Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Within the 2019 guide “The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of a Dynasty,” Barbara Bush reportedly thought-about Trump “a symbol of greed.” The guide additionally revealed that she admitted earlier than her demise in 2018 that she didn’t take into account herself a Republican anymore.
