Despite a long history of political animosity between the two men, President Donald Trump and Barack Obama appeared downright chummy when they sat next to each other earlier this week.
One of the many headlines to emerge from Jimmy Carter’s high-profile funeral was the interaction between Trump and Obama, which included smiles and a conversation.
Trump later added to the discussion, as The Hill reported:
“It did look very friendly, I must say,” he told Fox News’s senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy, ahead of his meeting with Republican governors at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
“I didn’t realize how friendly it looked. I saw it on your wonderful network, just a little while ago before I came in and I said ‘Boy, they look like two people that like each other,’” he added. “And we probably do.”
The two surprisingly laughed and smiled while sitting next to one another at the service following a contentious election season and their past relationship — including Trump falsely accusing his predecessor of spying on his 2016 campaign and not being born in the U.S.
“We have little different philosophies, right?” Trump said Thursday. “I don’t know, we just got along.”
In addition to several posts speculating about what the two men discussed, the scene sparked a number of other thoughts among social media users:
As Fox News reported, one body language expert broke down not only the interaction between Trump and Obama, but also the reactions of those seated around them at the funeral:
During the 2024 campaign cycle, Americans witnessed what appeared to be no love lost between President-elect Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama.
However, at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral the two recent presidents appeared to be enjoying each other’s company and largely ignored other dignitaries arriving around them, including Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden.
Susan Constantine, a communication and body language expert, said Harris came off “as cool as could be.”
“‘Ice Princess’ all the way around. When she was walking she was very robotic. I call that ‘rigidity’ when we see that kind of soldier-like stance.”
Harris deliberately averted eye contact with Trump, in a sign of disdain. The tension of her facial expression, with pursed lips tightened toward the center showed there was “no love lost” between the two 2024 contenders.
“She intentionally walked past him and a stride of arrogance and confidence that did not look well on her,” Constantine said. “[It] tells me that she walked in there with a chip on her shoulder.”
Here’s some additional commentary regarding the ceremony:
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.
View the original article here .
