(CNN) First lady Melania Trump, along with several ex-presidents, will attend the funeral for Barbara Bush in Texas on Saturday.

"Mrs. Trump plans to pay her respects at the funeral on Saturday," her communications director Stephanie Grisham told CNN.

The White House West Wing communications office did not respond when asked whether President Donald Trump would join his wife in attending.

While speaking at a news conference Wednesday, the President extended his condolences and called Bush a "wonderful, wonderful person" and "a titan in American life."

"Her strength and toughness really embodied the spirit of our country," Trump said at Mar-a-Lago. "She was a woman of proud patriotism and profound faith.

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