Melania Trump Radiantly Smiles With Barack Obama At Barbara Bush’s Funeral

April 23, 2018

On Saturday, April 21, more than a thousand guests attended the funeral of Barbara Bush. The wife and the mother of two US presidents passed away on April 17 at 92.

A post shared by George W. Bush (@georgewbush) on Apr 21, 2018 at 8:22pm PDT

Among the mourners in attendance, you could spot First Lady Melania Trump, the former presidential couple Barack and Michelle Obama, and former POTUS Bill Clinton. His wife – the 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton – also attended the ceremony.

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Melania arrived without her husband who decided to stay at Mar-o-Lago instead. The 45^th president tweeted condolences to the Bush family. But he thought it would be better for him not to attend to 'avoid disruptions due to added security.'

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However, as the Internet users noticed, it looks like the First Lady felt comfortable without her husband. In the video and photos of the procession, one can see that Melania took seat next to Michelle and Barack Obama.

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And while it seems she shared a lighthearted moment with the 44^th president, she didn’t pay attention to another presidential couple since the Clintons sat the furthest away.

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While Bill and Hillary were reading the service program, Melania appeared to say something pleasant or comical to Barack. In his turn, he chuckled and added his own comment, making the First Lady beam.

It’s no wonder this moment went viral, stirred a lot of discussion on the Internet. Twitter users concluded that Melania looked happy for the first time in a while. And many added that it was probably because her husband was not in attendance, and she could relax.

Here are some of the tweets shared

Melania looks happier at a funeral than she has in ages. Wouldn’t you too if you went from being with Donald every day to sitting next to Barack?

#barbarabushfuneral pic.twitter.com/JrnLY0MJyX

— Great Scott! ???????? (@ScottFrazier19) April 21, 2018

A funeral. Sitting next to the man she & her husband birthered.

Yet it’s the 1st smile on her in years. In older photos she’s ALWAYS smiling.

Obama is a funny guy, but that’s a woman craving distance from a monster being reminded what dignity looks like.

she’s still complicit. https://t.co/e4IXOze3bt

— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) April 21, 2018

What an image given the tweets statements, and speeches in the past 445 days. Wonder what President Obama just said to Mrs. Trump.... pic.twitter.com/lnI0GGpX7n

— Yashar Ali ???? (@yashar) April 21, 2018

This is Melania and Obama sitting together today at former First Lady Barbara Bush's funeral. Have you ever, ever, EVER seen Melania smile like this, and look this relaxed, beside her own husband? Ever? pic.twitter.com/9qYLT2glIH

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 21, 2018

Pop Quiz: Of these two photos of Melania Trump, which one was taken at a funeral?

???? pic.twitter.com/hZSU6jAi2w

— ⚠Kimexander Hamilton (@YippeeKimYay) April 21, 2018

How miserable is Melania?

Chorus: “How miserable is she?”

She is so miserable, the first time we have ever seen her smile is when she is attending a funeral without her husband. pic.twitter.com/QshC7d33I3

— YS (@NYinLA2121) April 21, 2018

At the funeral for Barbara Bush today, Melania Trump sat next to guess who...

Barack Obama!

After over a year in office, Melania has not smiled once in the presence of Donald Trump.

10 minutes with Obama’s, and look what happened!

Don’t retweet to @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/V4RbD85FUy

— Ed Krassenstein ???? (@EdKrassen) April 21, 2018

And since Barack is known for his charisma and great sense of humor, we wonder what did the former president say to the First Lady?