In a moment that caught many by surprise, President-elect Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama were seen sharing smiles and conversation during the funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, January 9. The brief interaction, captured on video and widely shared online, has sparked renewed interest in the often tense relationship between the two political figures.
Speaking later from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump, 78, reflected on the moment during a C-SPAN2 broadcast.
“I saw the video and I thought, ‘Boy, they look like two people that like each other.’ And we probably do,” he said. “We have a little different philosophies, right? But we probably do. I don’t know. We just got along. But I got along with just about everyone.”
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