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President Jimmy Carter's missing out on some serious drama -- his funeral created a mini soap opera between President-elect Donald Trump, all his White House predecessors ... and his former VP Mike Pence.

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00:00President Jimmy Carter's funeral service held this morning at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

00:06And boy, was it dramatic.

00:08As expected, when we lose a former president, all living presidents who are healthy and able attend this.

00:17And we had it this morning with five either former or current or elected, future elected presidents there.

00:26You had Bill Clinton, George W., you had Barack Obama, you see President-elect Trump sitting next to him.

00:33And in the front row, President Biden, Kamala Harris, and their spouses, of course.

00:38Well, not all their spouses.

00:40Not all their spouses. I meant Biden and Harris.

00:42Notice, because I think this is really relevant, Michelle Obama is MIA.

00:46We'll get into that in a minute.

00:48We'll get into it.

00:49But you've got to look at the entrances. They are amazing.

00:53The real drama began when President-elect Trump arrived with Melania and says hi to Al Gore.

01:01And watch this.

01:02But Mike Pence.

01:03Mike Pence.

01:04I mean.

01:05Shaking hands.

01:06Which I actually expected.

01:08Expected that they would shake. Yeah, I mean, in that setting, what else can they do?

01:12But obviously we all know the backdrop of what happened on January 6th, four years ago.

01:17And the aftermath.

01:18Yes, the tension there.

01:20So let us keep going on this.

01:23And you're right.

01:24It just gets better.

01:25As he said in the tease, as this is playing out, we're watching it going like, oh, my gosh, what happens?

01:28Mike Pence.

01:29Well, there's Barack Obama.

01:30And then Barack Obama walks in.

01:31You're like, OK, what's going to happen?

01:32Well, look, he's shaking Mike Pence's hand.

01:34He shakes Mike Pence. Al Gore says hello.

01:37And you're like, all right, is he going to say hello to Donald Trump?

01:39Is he going to say hello?

01:41He really didn't.

01:42He dipped a little bit toward Trump, but clearly he's not embracing him, obviously.

01:49Went down, said hello to Dan Quayle and his wife.

01:51And there was no eye contact, really, with Donald Trump.

01:55But they're sitting next to each other.

01:57Yeah.

01:58And they didn't choose these seats.

01:59They knew this was going to be.

02:01So you got to look at this.

02:02So Barack Obama sits down.

02:04And Donald Trump then starts to talk to him.

02:06And Obama at first looks awkward.

02:09Flipping through the program.

02:11They're not talking about the program.

02:13No.

02:14They're not talking about the program.

02:15This is the game you play at an event like this.

02:16And then all of a sudden, they start chatting.

02:19And they are having.

02:21I got to say.

02:22They seem to be.

02:23They're broing down.

02:24They seem pretty congenial.

02:25Like everything was.

02:26They're laughing.

02:27I would love to know what their conversation was.

02:30There are lip readers who are looking at this right now.

02:32What was their conversation?

02:34Why?

02:35Like Barack Obama was laughing at a point.

02:36Well, look, I'm sure there's a lot of civility.

02:38Look, politics aside, they're part of an extraordinarily small fraternity of guys who have been president of the United States.

02:45And it's only men in this country, obviously, who have been president.

02:47At this point.

02:48So they're sitting there.

02:49And they're in this fraternity.

02:50And that's usually what they do at a gathering of a lost president.

02:53Because at some level, they are all part of a very exclusive club.

02:57Now, Michelle Obama not interacting.

02:59That, to me, speaks volumes.

03:00Because she doesn't have to.

03:01Bill Clinton didn't interact with Trump.

03:02Nor did W.

03:04Hillary?

03:05Nor did W.

03:06Yeah, look, we're in very polarizing times.

03:08To me, the interaction with Mike Pence was the most telling, though.

03:11Because this is not about civility and putting politics aside.

03:14Donald Trump's supporters, many of them wanted to harm physically Mike Pence.

03:18So for Mike Pence to look him in the eye, that, to me, that interaction must have been the most tense moment of the whole thing.

03:24So my recollection is when George Bush Sr. died and they all got together, Michelle Obama would not shake Donald Trump's hand.

03:32And the stories came out that she found it unforgivable that he had questioned her husband's birthplace.

03:42And that she didn't show up here.

03:44We don't know why, but you could speculate that it may well be because of this bad blood.

03:51And so the fact that Barack Obama sat there and was…

03:55Gabbing with him.

03:56Gabbing with him.

03:57Smiling.

03:58Okay, so you know my question, right?

03:59So what happens when he gets home?

04:00That's my question.

04:01What happens when he gets home?

04:02That's my question.

04:03That is my question.

04:04He's going to say, what am I going to do?

04:06I had to be seated next to him.

04:08They sat us in succession.

04:10I had no choice.

04:11I had to take that.

04:12So did you have to sit there and laugh at him?

04:14Did you have to laugh with him?

04:15Did you have to bro down with him?

04:17You know what?

04:18Actually, if he didn't, we would be talking about the fact that he intentionally…

04:22I agree with you.

04:23And there's something that's probably good for the country, right?

04:27That…

04:28I agree with you.

04:29They clearly have politically are polar opposite.

04:33And by the way, we're showing pictures of Trump smiling.

04:35Obama was smiling and laughing too.

04:37We saw him smiling.

04:38They were both kind of engaged.

04:40In that moment.

04:41This is good for the country, right?

04:42It is.

04:43I agree.

04:44To be able to have conversations with our people who have different political…

04:47So superimpose your wife, Mary, for Michelle Obama.

04:50What do you tell Mary?

04:51I would have sat stone-faced.

04:53I'd have been like, look, dude, I want to talk to you, but it's going to be later.

04:57Hey, this is Lauren Johnson from Iowa.

04:59And I am not surprised Barack Obama cracked a smile sitting next to Donald Trump.

05:03Donald Trump does not need to be in D.C.

05:06He needs to be on the road doing comedy.

05:08And honestly, good for Kamala Harris.

05:10She came there.

05:11She saw.

05:12She left.

05:13She didn't say a peep.

05:14That is the energy I am bringing into 2025.

05:16I am minding my business.

05:18I am protecting my peace.

05:20That's it.

05:21Did you just see that look?

05:22Oh, my God.

05:23Did you just see that?

05:24She looked back.

05:25It was almost like she was saying, is Obama talking to him?

05:26It said everything.

05:27Is Obama actually talking to him?

05:28It said everything.

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