Discussion: Trump Will Skip Barbara Bush Funeral, Sending First Lady

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Didn’t read the article, but I assume it’s payback for dissing Trump. Petty twit.

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AP ridiculous as usual. Trump is obviously staying home out of petty spite. If he felt like going he would probably be able to get past his concern for security-related disruption avoidance.

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added security from him showing up? fat chance as at LEAST two former presidents will be in attendance, likely three

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So how did that whole article turn into one about Trump and “healing the rift” with the Bushes, which I sincerely doubt…?

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It’s guaranteed that B Bush loathed DJT to the maximum extent possible. He represents everything crass, low-rent, louche and artificially inflated that the old-school Eastern Elite would despise. And DJT knew it deep in his calcium-free bones.

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Once you start adding padding to a nothing story it can be hard to stop.

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Yeah and I didn’t put that very well. It wasn’t really so much about how the piece was written as how the WH spox talked about the funeral - it became all about Trump. As usual.

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Unless the funeral is held at one of his country clubs, which it isn’t, he’s just not that interested. It’s not like it’s a tasteless, overprivileged wedding party who happened to book an overpriced room during a scheduled “golf day” (AKA executive time), you know.

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Well huh. :grinning:

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It is actually the very nicest thing that he could possibly do. If it were my funeral, I would certainly be happier not to have him attend. I suspect that Barbara Bush would feel the same way. (And she can always haunt his dreams, assuming that he is sleeping very much these days.)

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“Trump won’t be joining his wife in attending the memorial service of former first lady Barbara Bush…”

“…out of fear she might be wearing a wire.”

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OT Sorta — I rarely pay attention to flags. That’s why I’m surprised at how offended I am to see “Old Gory”* flying at half-staff for Babs. It’s every bit as bad, to me, as Billy Graham lying in state. Yuck.

I would explain the myriad reasons why but don’t care to raise the hackles on the “more compassionate” among us.

Fun Fact: Surprise! It isn’t flying at half-staff at Grift-a-Lotto.

*Not a typo.

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No doubt the Bush family appreciates his absence.

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At least he didn’t say that the service conflicted with his scheduled tee time.

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The more I think about it, out of Jared, Ivanka, Eric, Don Jr. and the rest of that family of incompetent criminals and moral degenerates, Melania might actually have the most class.

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It must have been an agonizing decision for Trump.

On the one hand, funerals are boring and it wouldn’t even be held at a Trump™-branded property.

On the other hand, the Bushes hate him, and just showing up would be a dick-move of titanic proportions–never mind all the stuff he could do while he was there to make it all about him. It’d be like sending Russian hookers to piss on Bar’s grave.

Tough call.

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Sad. Crazy. But true.

I guess she actually does have something in common with a porn star.

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And she cried real tears on election night when Trump won.

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You would hope that Trump, as he is skipping the funeral, would at least be respectful enough to avoid playing golf on Saturday. But the temptation to play will probably be overwhelming.

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