He was famously not invited to John McCain’s state funeral in September, but Donald Trump was front row and on the aisle for George H.W. Bush’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday, looking about as uncomfortable as you might expect at any event that’s not about him. When he entered the cathedral, Trump did not acknowledge the predecessors sitting in his row until he took his seat. Once he was seated, he shook hands with Barack and Michelle Obama, while Bill and Hillary Clinton and Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, sitting further down the row, did not interact with the president.

Melania Trump, sitting a bit closer to everyone and seemingly on better terms with at least one former president, shook hands with Bill Clinton, while Hillary simply nodded in Melania’s direction.

The gaggle of presidents, First Ladies, and former political rivals at a funeral has become a recurring theme of 2018. At Barbara Bush’s funeral in April, Melania Trump made headlines for her seemingly happy conversation with Barack Obama, and posed for a charming photo with her fellow former White House occupants. (Donald Trump skipped the funeral “to avoid disruptions due to added security.”)

The Trumps were pointedly not invited to John McCain’s funeral at the Washington National Cathedral in September, but George H.W. Bush’s funeral plans specifically asked that Trump attend. His presence may well have added some tension, but it didn’t get in the way of what’s become an endearing funeral tradition— George W. Bush, who sat across the aisle with his family, handing Michelle Obama a piece of candy.

He did the same at McCain’s funeral, and Michelle later explained, “I didn’t realize at the time that anybody noticed what we were doing. President Bush and I . . . we are forever seatmates because of protocol, that’s how we sit at all the official functions so he is my partner in crime at every major thing where all the formers gather. So we’re together all the time, and I love him to death. He’s a wonderful man. He’s a funny man.”

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