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BumRushDaShow

(145,331 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:43 AM 14 hrs ago

Former Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush won't attend Trump's inaugural lunch

Source: Yahoo! News/NBC News

Wed, January 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM EST


Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's traditional inaugural lunch. Obama received an invitation but declined to attend, according to a source familiar with the matter. Clinton also was invited but does not plan to attend, according to a second source familiar with the matter, while Bush's office said it was not tracking an invitation to the luncheon.

Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton also received an invitation to the inaugural luncheon but will not attend, according to a third source familiar with the matter. A spokesperson for Trump’s transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the absences.

All three former presidents, however, will attend Trump's swearing-in ceremony earlier in the day, according to their teams. The former first ladies will also attend the swearing-in ceremony except for Michelle Obama, according to the Obamas’ office. No reason was provided. Michelle Obama also did not attend the funeral service last week for former President Jimmy Carter, making hers the only absence among all living current and former presidents and first ladies.

Inauguration Day is one of the only occasions when all former living presidents usually congregate to usher in the next administration. Trump, however, declined to attend President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021. None of the living former presidents supported Trump's candidacy. Bush did not make an endorsement, and Obama and Clinton actively campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-presidents-obama-clinton-bush-041528798.html

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Former Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush won't attend Trump's inaugural lunch (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago OP
Didn't Want Hamberders or Covfefe Deep State Witch 14 hrs ago #1
I'm so proud of them, almost as proud as I am of Michelle Obama. Autumn 14 hrs ago #2
Why attend the lying-in ceremony? displacedvermoter 14 hrs ago #3
To stand up for our country Wild blueberry 11 hrs ago #18
Ok, that will show him! displacedvermoter 11 hrs ago #20
Nothing will show him Wild blueberry 11 hrs ago #23
Ok displacedvermoter 9 hrs ago #28
"one of the only": the word "only" means "onely", i.e. already is "one". Should write "one of the few". . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 14 hrs ago #4
Biden should leave immediately if weather is predicted to be that harsh question everything 14 hrs ago #5
K&R. Yes!!! Resist! Joinfortmill 14 hrs ago #6
They'll show up at the inaugural, when it really matters FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #7
Why should they give an ounce of respect to a convicted felon? Vinca 13 hrs ago #8
Bush can't even admit to receiving an invite? travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #9
I think Bush is Trump's least favorite living ex-President Polybius 13 hrs ago #10
I read that as Trump didn't invite him. maxsolomon 12 hrs ago #14
Former Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush won't attend Trump's inaugural lunch endgenocide 13 hrs ago #11
Remind me again: did tRump attend Bidens swearing in? robbob 12 hrs ago #12
Let's not ever forget that. calimary 12 hrs ago #13
This indicates that they will only be on the inauguration platform for reasons ancianita 12 hrs ago #15
They shouldn't go at all Blue Full Moon 12 hrs ago #16
NOT impressed. LPBBEAR 12 hrs ago #17
DC is supposed to be bitter cold next week. Fitting. Maggiemayhem 11 hrs ago #19
Obama can't be seen joking around with Trump anymore. erodriguez 11 hrs ago #21
I am worried about our beloved Michelle Obama. She has said she had to deal with "low-grade depression" during LaMouffette 11 hrs ago #22
Perhaps she neds to get away for a bit. I know they used to have a place on Martha's Vineyard but perhaps it was a donor CTyankee 10 hrs ago #24
I hope she is there and that she knows how much we love her. Another reason to despise Rump: his ability to incite LaMouffette 10 hrs ago #25
A couple articles that I saw this past week indicated she had been in Hawai'i at a home they own there BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #29
I hope there is a snowstorm in DC at high noon on Jan 20!!--but only cold weather forcasted......... riversedge 9 hrs ago #26
and Dr Jill will be expected to be there no doubt. I hope she can leave early. riversedge 9 hrs ago #27
DonOld would probably give them the same little table he gave Romney. keithbvadu2 9 hrs ago #30

Wild blueberry

(7,307 posts)
18. To stand up for our country
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:26 PM
11 hrs ago

Their duty as former presidents, to show demonstrate peaceful transfer of power--and thereby illuminating the contrast to the rapist, convicted felon, insurrectionist grifter asshole.

Bernardo de La Paz

(51,817 posts)
4. "one of the only": the word "only" means "onely", i.e. already is "one". Should write "one of the few". . . . . nt
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:55 AM
14 hrs ago

FakeNoose

(36,213 posts)
7. They'll show up at the inaugural, when it really matters
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:10 AM
13 hrs ago

Why should they socialize with a treasonous, convict a-hole, if they don't have to?

I don't blame them for skipping the lunch. This is exactly the treatment Chump deserves.

Polybius

(18,703 posts)
10. I think Bush is Trump's least favorite living ex-President
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:48 AM
13 hrs ago

He has hammered Bush since he announced he was running for President in 1999.

endgenocide

(135 posts)
11. Former Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush won't attend Trump's inaugural lunch
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:55 AM
13 hrs ago

Lunch fuck the lunch they shouldn't attend the Inauguration, Biden shouldn't go either. Diaper Don didn't show the respect for the office to attend Biden's inauguration why not show him the same?

robbob

(3,653 posts)
12. Remind me again: did tRump attend Bidens swearing in?
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:30 PM
12 hrs ago

I don’t see why ANY former presidents should attend that POS’s inauguration. And the media will squeal about it while totally “forgetting” that it was dump himself who set the precedent.

calimary

(84,851 posts)
13. Let's not ever forget that.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:38 PM
12 hrs ago

donald the deviant.
“it was dump himself who set the precedent.”

How ‘bout that for “leadership”.

ancianita

(39,080 posts)
15. This indicates that they will only be on the inauguration platform for reasons
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:43 PM
12 hrs ago

much different from the felon's and his oligarchic owners -- they will be there to honor the tradition of honoring the constitutional oath and office, and not the man.

LPBBEAR

(409 posts)
17. NOT impressed.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 12:59 PM
12 hrs ago

"All three former presidents, however, will attend Trump's swearing-in ceremony earlier in the day, according to their teams. The former first ladies will also attend the swearing-in ceremony except for Michelle Obama, according to the Obamas’ office."

When these people start walking the talk I'll be impressed. Until then they are just normalizing the obscene.

LaMouffette

(2,322 posts)
22. I am worried about our beloved Michelle Obama. She has said she had to deal with "low-grade depression" during
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 01:43 PM
11 hrs ago

the Covid lockdown (as most of us did), and I can just imagine how she is feeling during this heart-wrenching, impending-doom moment in American history. I don't blame her at all for not wanting to show up at any event where the monster will also be in attendance.

Michelle, here is wishing you all the very best and sending you my love and heartfelt gratitude!

CTyankee

(65,450 posts)
24. Perhaps she neds to get away for a bit. I know they used to have a place on Martha's Vineyard but perhaps it was a donor
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 02:32 PM
10 hrs ago

place) that they could go to and get away from it all for a while. It's pretty much deserted this time of year but some folks like to escape to it. Walks on the beach....I could see that as restorative for her. Her daughters might be there with her.

LaMouffette

(2,322 posts)
25. I hope she is there and that she knows how much we love her. Another reason to despise Rump: his ability to incite
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:06 PM
10 hrs ago

hatred among his cult members and direct it toward such kind and compassionate people as Michelle and Barack Obama, Joe and Kamala, Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Fauci, and more.

BumRushDaShow

(145,331 posts)
29. A couple articles that I saw this past week indicated she had been in Hawai'i at a home they own there
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:41 PM
9 hrs ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/inside-michelle-obama-s-hawaii-mansion-where-she-s-staying-while-skipping-jimmy-carter-s-funeral/ar-BB1raOuu

(this is a property that they had for awhile and is different from the one they had stayed out during that administration)

riversedge

(73,752 posts)
26. I hope there is a snowstorm in DC at high noon on Jan 20!!--but only cold weather forcasted.........
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 03:28 PM
9 hrs ago

But hope is eternal!!

keithbvadu2

(40,813 posts)
30. DonOld would probably give them the same little table he gave Romney.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 04:01 PM
9 hrs ago

One table for all three.

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