Trump won't attend Barbara Bush funeral 'out of respect' for family, White House says

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By CRISTIANO LIMA 04/20/2018 09:58 AM EDT Updated 04/20/2018 01:25 PM EDT

President Donald Trump will not join first lady Melania Trump in attending the funeral services for Barbara Bush, the White House said in a statement, citing a desire to "avoid disruptions" stemming from the increased security presence and "out of respect for the Bush Family and friends."

"First Lady Melania Trump will attend the memorial service for Barbara Bush this Saturday on behalf of the First Family," a spokesperson confirmed Friday. "To avoid disruptions due to added security, and out of respect for the Bush Family and friends attending the service, President Trump will not attend."

Barbara Bush, mother of the 43rd president, George W. Bush, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as well as former first lady as wife of 41st President George H.W. Bush, passed away on Tuesday. She was 92 and had been reported by a family spokesman to be in failing health shortly before returning to her home for palliative care.

The former first lady will lay in repose in Houston on Friday in a ceremony open to the public. The Bush family and friends will then gather for a private funeral service on Saturday.


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1. i suppose it is a sort of "out of respect" to not crash a funeral to which you were not invited.

i'm guessing the bushes told donnie he's not welcome there.

[poboy2]

7. Low energy Jeb, and Georgie must still hold ill feelings about the traitor insulting them. -nt

[keithbvadu2]

16. Dubya would welcome Donald warmly as the guy who took away his title of 'worst President ever'.

Dubya would welcome Donald warmly as the guy who took away his title of 'worst President ever'.

Jebbie - not so warmly.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

8. After the way he treated Jeb in 2016, I imagine the Bushes want him as far away as possible.

Come to think of it, I wouldn't want him to attend my dog's funeral (if I had a dog and if he were dead, of course).

Melania is happy to just get out of the WH so she doesn't have to look at her husband's cheating face. She probably has her chief of staff calling around for other funerals she can attend rather than return to Washington or Mar-A-Lago.

[dflprincess]

25. As I've said before, it gives Melania a chance to practice looking grief stricken

she can test out some of looks she's been practicing in the mirror in public and see which one people are most apt to buy.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

32. It also gives her a respite from her cheating husband's pussy-grabbing hands.

Can you imagine how horrible it must be to listen to him drone on and on, repeating himself ad nauseam, knowing that when you had just given birth to his son he was f*cking a porn star?

I hope she got a good pre-nup, and can afford the best possible lawyer to break it and take Donnie Two Scoops for everything he's worth, which probably isn't anywhere near what he claims.

[dflprincess]

33. She knew what he was when she married him

if she wanted out, she could get out - women with fewer resources than she has have managed to get out of bad marriages.

The dollar signs still cloud her vision.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Because his security requirements are so much greater than that protecting

3 or 4 ex-presidents?

[Beartracks]

22. No kidding. Donnie has delusions of grandeur. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Does anyone say

"I hope Donald Trump attends my funeral"?

[GeorgeHayduke]

23. Don't most people say

"I hope to have the opportunity to skip Donald Trumps funeral"?

[Mr.Bill]

4. So he respectfully sends

his porn model wife instead. Classy.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Bullshit. He's not going because sitting presidents normally don't attend FL funerals.

He's following the same protocol that past presidents have followed; he's not doing anything special "out of respect" for the family, which I'm quite sure don't want him there.

[CanonRay]

6. Not to mention he can't play golf if he attends.

[groundloop]

9. BINGO !!!!!!!!!

[Gore1FL]

11. It's got to be easier to sink a putt in a cemetery with the larger holes. nt

[Bengus81]

19. That's the main reason he's not going...........

[Dave Starsky]

10. He wasn't invited, period.

The rest is Eric-Cartman-esque "Screw you guys. I didn't want to come anyway."

[onetexan]

28. nah, his sleazy PR people said he won't because they knew he wouldn't be welcome

the Bushes aren't exactly his supporters, Barbara Bush in particular. It's a face-saving move.
"out of respect for the family" translates to 'i'm staying away because 1) i wasn't invited, and 2) because i don't want to make an ass of myself by being where i'm not wanted

[YOHABLO]

12. Let's face it, the Bush family thinks you're a piece of trash Trump, attendance not wanted.

[dalton99a]

13. So respectful of others

[iluvtennis]

14. He's not going cuz Miss Barbara called him saying "I dont know how women can vote for Trump"

[Roy Rolling]

15. If He *Really* Wants to Pay His Respects...

Resign.

[Crowman2009]

17. Probably because more people will realize that Drumpf makes Bush Jr. look like a Rhodes scholar?

Just sayin'!

[NCjack]

18. Everyone in the Bush family hates you. Don't that stop you.

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. The Bush family probably asked him to stay away. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. As if there isn't heavy security for two former Presidents and two First Ladies. . . . nt

[radhika]

24. Even if invited, he's wouldn't be the center of attraction....

He'd be expected to sit there, respectfully. Wouldn't get an opportunity to speak from the podium, so as to remind the mourners of how large his inauguration was. Not his kind of day. Probably no centerfolds to hook up with afterwards.

But I'd love to see low-energy Jeb spit in his face, if he so much as dared show up.

[FakeNoose]

26. You got that right

It will be a "huge crowd" at the funeral, but they won't be there for him. So why should he even go?
He knows he's not wanted or expected to show up.

[Turbineguy]

27. Trump's funeral

will be about Trump.

[oberliner]

29. President Obama did not attend Nancy Reagan's funeral

The first lady, Michelle Obama, attended.

[Bengus81]

30. True...he was scheduled to speak at an event in Texas...

Where's Trump scheduled to speak,on the 9th hole?

[oberliner]

31. Sitting Presidents dont usually attend funerals for former First Ladies

In this case, I am sure the Bush family would not want him there anyway.