President Donald Trump is scheduled to talk to George W. Bush by phone on Saturday to offer his condolences. | Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo White House Trump to attend George H.W. Bush funeral

BUENOS AIRES -- President Donald Trump will attend George H. W. Bush’s funeral in Washington, D.C., the White House announced on Saturday.

Trump, who has a strained relationship with the Bush family and did not attend Barbara Bush’s funeral, is scheduled to talk to George W. Bush by phone on Saturday to offer his condolences, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. She said that the president and First Lady Melania Trump were notified of Bush’s death last night.


“A state funeral is being arranged with all of the accompanying support and honors,” Sanders said, adding that Trump will designate this Wednesday as a National Day Of Mourning.

A government-issue Boeing 747 jet will be deployed to Houston to retrieve the former president's casket and ferry it to Washington, where a funeral is scheduled to take place at the National Cathedral.

Quint Forgey contributed to this report.