{"id":2388346,"date":"2025-01-09T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-obamas-funeral-laughs-go-viral-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T13:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:10:45","slug":"trump-and-obamas-funeral-laughs-go-viral-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-obamas-funeral-laughs-go-viral-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Obama\u2019s funeral laughs go viral &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-and-obamas-funeral-laughs-go-viral-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent viral moment\u200d occurred during \u200bthe\u2063 funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, where President-elect Donald Trump and former\u200c President Barack Obama were seen enjoying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taunts-reporter-for-asking-whether-hell-serve-a-full-four-year-term\/\" title=\"Biden mocks reporter questioning his four-year term commitment\">light-hearted exchange<\/a>. A video clip captured Trump whispering to Obama, causing the latter to laugh. This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">casual interaction \u200dsparked significant discussions<\/a> on\u2062 social media, especially \u2062concerning Vice President Kamala \u200dHarris&#8217;s noticeable reaction, where she appeared to be disapproving \u200dof their kind chat.\u200b The video and subsequent social media posts highlighted a series of\u2063 past interactions between Trump\u2062 and Obama,emphasizing their complex relationship,which has ranged from friendly banter to sharp jabs over the years. The incident illustrates\u200c the evolving dynamics between the two leaders,\u2064 contrasting moments of camaraderie with previous public disagreements.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump and Obama&rsquo;s funeral laughs go viral<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1931304\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A conversation between President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Barack Obama<\/a> went viral Thursday, capping off the latest drama in the two leaders&rsquo; tumultuous relationship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The incident occurred as Trump and Obama sat beside each other during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3281405\/trump-shakes-hands-pence-chats-obama-carter-funeral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">funeral proceedings<\/a> for former President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral.&nbsp;A widely shared video clip captured a moment when the two men enjoyed a friendly, brief dialogue, with Obama chuckling as Trump whispered into his ear.<\/p>\n<p>Social media also erupted over Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s response to the cordial encounter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump starts speaking into Barack Obama&rsquo;s ear. Obama starts cracking up. Kamala Harris turns around and looks at them in disgust,&rdquo; one user wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1877376985963401420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kamala visibly [furious] after seeing Obama talking with Trump,&rdquo; another user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1877371642373906488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> in response to footage showing Harris pressing her lips together and seemingly heaving a sigh as she observed Obama&rsquo;s amiable chat with her former rival.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SEE IT: Trump starts speaking into Barack Obama&#8217;s ear. Obama starts cracking up.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris turns around and looks at them in disgust. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vtxyMfAZkd\">pic.twitter.com\/vtxyMfAZkd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1877376985963401420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The affair Thursday follows several exchanges between Obama and Trump that have garnered headlines in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump launched his bid for his first term in office in 2015, Obama, then-president, mocked his chances of ever assuming the nation&rsquo;s office. The incident,&nbsp;which occurred on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snl-finally-takes-aim-at-biden-mocks-his-af1-stumbles-cheat-sheets\/\" title=\"SNL Finally Takes Aim At Biden, Mocks His AF1 Stumbles, Cheat Sheets\">late-night comedy show<\/a>, went viral after Trump went on to win the presidency not once but twice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mocking a post in 2016 in which Trump called him &ldquo;perhaps the worst president in the history of the United States,&rdquo; Obama responded, &ldquo;At least I will go down as a president,&rdquo; and dropped his mic for dramatic emphasis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>, at least I will go down as a president.&#8221; Pres. Obama responds to Trump tweet on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimmyKimmelLive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JimmyKimmelLive<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MeanTweets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MeanTweets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BW5igd2moZ\">pic.twitter.com\/BW5igd2moZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/790931190886895616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In another moment, Obama&rsquo;s jokes about Trump at a 2011 White House Correspondent&rsquo;s Dinner have been credited by some as motivating the Republican leader to get serious about his presidential ambitions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Next year at this time, someone else will be standing here in this very spot, and it&rsquo;s anyone&rsquo;s guess who she will be,&rdquo; Obama said, inferring former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would win the presidential election. &ldquo;Is this dinner too tacky for The Donald? What could he possibly be doing instead? Is he at home, eating a Trump steak, tweeting out insults to Angela Merkel? What&rsquo;s he doing?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Roger Stone, a former Trump adviser, said in 2016 that he thought the moment goaded Trump to run for president and seek revenge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that is the night he resolves to run for president,&rdquo; Stone reflected during a <em>FRONTLINE<\/em> documentary. &ldquo;I think that he is kind of motivated by it: &lsquo;Maybe I&rsquo;ll just run. Maybe I&rsquo;ll show them all.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the 2011 White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner, Barack Obama took the opportunity to insult Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Many people consider this moment to be the decisive factor that motivated Trump to run for president. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wYWgL2wHwU\">pic.twitter.com\/wYWgL2wHwU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShadowofEzra\/status\/1784416382760738970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Trump gained attention years before he even ran for president for questioning the validity of Obama&rsquo;s birth certificate. The Republican leader prominently pushed the &ldquo;birther&rdquo; conspiracy that pressed Obama on whether he was born in Hawaii before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1397521\/trump-still-questioning-obamas-birth-certificate-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">holding<\/a> a news conference in 2016 to declare he was indeed born in the United States.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also made headlines in 2017 for accusing Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower. Obama, meanwhile, has raised eyebrows for calling Trump everything from a &ldquo;fascist&rdquo; to a &ldquo;wannabe king&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5881982\/obama-brawl-with-trump-breaks-with-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">breaking <\/a>historical precedent with his harsh criticism of the Republican politician during the 2020 Democratic National Convention.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exchange with Trump wasn&rsquo;t the only time on Thursday Obama had a friendly run-in with a former foe. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The belly tap is remarkable <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bxj3wEETh2\">pic.twitter.com\/bxj3wEETh2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reese Gorman (@reesejgorman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reesejgorman\/status\/1877386631482671579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former President George W. Bush has a famously good relationship with Michelle Obama. The two have often been spotted talking and slipping each other small gifts at state events. <\/p>\n<p>While the former first lady wasn&rsquo;t at Carter&rsquo;s funeral, Bush made sure to still brush up with the family, giving Barack Obama a tap in the stomach as he passed by on his way to take his seat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1931304\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1931304\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump and Obama share laughs at Carter&#8217;s funeral, going viral<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2388347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-o.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5386,11055,5315,3634],"class_list":["post-2388346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-funeral","tag-laughs","tag-obama","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-o.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388350,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388346\/revisions\/2388350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}