At a memorial service for John McCain, cameras caught George W. Bush, the former Republican president who waged a needless war on Iraq that cost 288,000 lives, take a piece of candy from his wife Laura and discreetly hand it over to former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Social media users were instantly smitten by the exchange. "This sweet moment between George W. Bush and Michelle Obama at John McCain's funeral is going viral," one headline announced. "I'd totally watch a travel show where George Bush and Michelle Obama go abroad and get up to wacky adventures," a Twitter user suggested. "The candy exchange between Laura Bush, George Bush and Michelle Obama is the highlight of 2018," another proclaimed. "I love George Bush and Michelle Obama’s friendship. Whether it’s friendly ribbing each other or sharing candy. It’s really nice to see," a third opined.

Despite the fact that when W left office he had a 34 percent approval rating, the overwhelming awfulness of Donald Trump has—perhaps understandably—made the American people feel wistful for the Bush era. Romanticizing Bush's supposedly charming moments is more than irksome ahistorical blather: It illustrates that in the Trump era, there's no figure so noxious they can't be turned into a Resistance hero and a symbol of a more civil era.

If we ever want to get out of our current Trumpian hell, we have to remember all the disastrous political eras that got us where we are today, including the era Bush is responsible for. The cutest thing George W. Bush could do in 2018 is apologize for the Iraq War and volunteer to be tried by the International Criminal Court.

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