Three times Michelle Obama and George W. Bush proved friendship can cross party lines
Three times Michelle Obama and George W. Bush proved friendship can cross party lines
Coming together in tragedy
Obama and Bush share a moment during a memorial service for five police officers who were killed during a shooting in Dallas in July, 2016.
"The hug that went around the world," Jenna Bush Hager called it.
Obama embraces Bush at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington in September 2016.
"When I saw her, it was a genuine expression of affection," Bush told People magazine of the moment last year.
Sharing candy
Bush was caught on camera passing Obama a cough drop during Sen. John McCain's funeral service in Washington, DC in September.
A clip of Obama mouthing "thank you" as Bush passed her the cough drop while Sen. Joe Lieberman was giving his eulogy went viral online — and became a symbol of bipartisanship and human decency at a time of deep political and cultural division.
"He is my partner in crime at every major thing where all the 'formers' gather," Obama said of Bush in an interview on the "Today" show last month. "So we're together all the time, and I love him to death. He's a wonderful man. He's a funny man."
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