PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W BUSH’S CASKET ARRIVED IN HOUSTON,
CASKET ARRIVED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
TEXAS. THE FORMAL FUNERAL BEGINS
THE FORMAL FUNERAL BEGINS TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. THIS COMES HOUR AFTER THE STATE
THIS COMES HOUR AFTER THE STATE FUNERAL.
FUNERAL. THERE WERE SOME REMARKABLE
THERE WERE SOME REMARKABLE MOMENTS COMMEMORATING BUSH AND
MOMENTS COMMEMORATING BUSH AND HIS LIFE.
HIS LIFE. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE DONALD TRUMP ARRIVED.
BEFORE DONALD TRUMP ARRIVED. YOU CAN SEE THE FORMER
YOU CAN SEE THE FORMER PRESIDENTS TALKING, EVEN
PRESIDENTS TALKING, EVEN CATCHING UP AND HAVING WHAT
CATCHING UP AND HAVING WHAT LOOKED LIKE SOME LIGHT MOMENTS
LOOKED LIKE SOME LIGHT MOMENTS WITH EACH OTHER UNTIL TRUMP GOT
WITH EACH OTHER UNTIL TRUMP GOT THERE.
THERE. >> JUST TO SHOW THE FRONT ROW.
>> JUST TO SHOW THE FRONT ROW. THE CLINTONS AND OBAMAS HAVE
THE CLINTONS AND OBAMAS HAVE GATHERED.
GATHERED. >> MAKES THE COUNTRY FEEL GOOD
>> MAKES THE COUNTRY FEEL GOOD TO SEE THESE PEOPLE RELATE TO
TO SEE THESE PEOPLE RELATE TO EACH OTHER AS HUMANS.
EACH OTHER AS HUMANS. >> RELATING AS FUME HOOUMHUMANS.
>> RELATING AS FUME HOOUMHUMANS. RELATING AS FORMER LEADERS.
RELATING AS FORMER LEADERS. WHEN THIS PRESIDENT ARRIVED,
WHEN THIS PRESIDENT ARRIVED, WE’LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
WE’LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED. >> LET’S WATCH THERE MOMENT.
>> LET’S WATCH THERE MOMENT. THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIFTH OF FIVE
THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIFTH OF FIVE PRESIDENTS.
PRESIDENTS. WHAT A SCENE.
WHAT A SCENE. THREE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS.
THREE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS. ONE REPUBLICAN, CURRENT
ONE REPUBLICAN, CURRENT PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. EYES FIXED FORWARD ON THE AISLE.
EYES FIXED FORWARD ON THE AISLE. THE TENSION IS PALPABLE EVEN
THE TENSION IS PALPABLE EVEN THOUGH WE’RE GATHERED AT A SAD
THOUGH WE’RE GATHERED AT A SAD EVENT
EVENT EVENT.
EVENT. >> TENSION.
>> TENSION. TRUMP GREETING OBAMA.
TRUMP GREETING OBAMA. MAN HE FALSELY ACCUSED OF
MAN HE FALSELY ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY SPYING ON HIM AND
ILLEGALLY SPYING ON HIM AND DECLINEING ALL DECORUM TO GREET
DECLINEING ALL DECORUM TO GREET THE OTHER TWO PRESIDENTS.
THE OTHER TWO PRESIDENTS. MICHELLE OBAMA HAS SHOOK HIS
MICHELLE OBAMA HAS SHOOK HIS HAND EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID SHE
HAND EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID SHE WILL NEVER FORGIVE DONALD TRUMP
WILL NEVER FORGIVE DONALD TRUMP FOR PUTTING HER FAMILY AT RISK.
FOR PUTTING HER FAMILY AT RISK. HILLARY CLINTON WHO HE WAS
HILLARY CLINTON WHO HE WAS BUSTED FOR TRYING TO ORDER AN
BUSTED FOR TRYING TO ORDER AN INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. SHE AND HER HUSBAND DIDN’T
SHE AND HER HUSBAND DIDN’T HARDLY LOOK AT TRUMP AND THE
HARDLY LOOK AT TRUMP AND THE PRESIDENT MADE NO EFFORT TO
PRESIDENT MADE NO EFFORT TO GREET THEM OR JIMMY CARTER.
GREET THEM OR JIMMY CARTER. DAVID FRUM IS A SPEECH WRITER.
DAVID FRUM IS A SPEECH WRITER. HE’S THE AUTHOR OF TRUMPOCRACY.
HE’S THE AUTHOR OF TRUMPOCRACY. THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. DAVID, LAST NIGHT AND THROUGHOUT
DAVID, LAST NIGHT AND THROUGHOUT TODAY’S COVERAGE WE TALKED A LOT
TODAY’S COVERAGE WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT REMEMBERING PRESIDENT
ABOUT REMEMBERING PRESIDENT BUSH.
BUSH. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT ARRIVAL,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT ARRIVAL, THAT RARITY OF THOSE PEOPLE
THAT RARITY OF THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER, WHAT STRUCK YOU?
TOGETHER, WHAT STRUCK YOU? >> I THOUGHT AS I WATCHED THE
>> I THOUGHT AS I WATCHED THE HANDSHAKE OF THAT SCENE IN IT’S
HANDSHAKE OF THAT SCENE IN IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE CHRISTMAS
A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE CHRISTMAS MOVIE WHERE JIMMY STEWART SHAKES
MOVIE WHERE JIMMY STEWART SHAKES LIONEL’S HAND TO SAY WHAT HAVE I
LIONEL’S HAND TO SAY WHAT HAVE I JUST DONE.
JUST DONE. I THINK THERE WAS SOME OF THAT
I THINK THERE WAS SOME OF THAT FEELING ESPECIALLY FOR MICHELLE
FEELING ESPECIALLY FOR MICHELLE OBAMA.
OBAMA. I HAVE BEEN STRUCK AT WATCHING
I HAVE BEEN STRUCK AT WATCHING THE FUNERAL PROCEEDINGS AT HOW
THE FUNERAL PROCEEDINGS AT HOW WE REMEMBER AND WHAT WE DON’T
WE REMEMBER AND WHAT WE DON’T REMEMBER.
REMEMBER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME AND THIS MAYBE
BOTHERING ME AND THIS MAYBE BECAUSE I GREW UP THERE.
BECAUSE I GREW UP THERE. EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A CANADIAN
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER THAT GEORGE
PRIME MINISTER THAT GEORGE BUSH’S ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD, ONE
BUSH’S ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD, ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT
OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH IS THE
ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH IS THE OVERCOMING OF ACID RAIN, MAYBE
OVERCOMING OF ACID RAIN, MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM OF THAT PERIOD OMITTED FROM THE
THAT PERIOD OMITTED FROM THE DISCUSSION.
DISCUSSION. I USED TO BE A GIGANTIC PROBLEM.
I USED TO BE A GIGANTIC PROBLEM. IT’S A PROBLEM, MAYBE THE
IT’S A PROBLEM, MAYBE THE SOLUTION WAS SO COMPLETE THAT IT
SOLUTION WAS SO COMPLETE THAT IT OBLITERATED MEMORY OF THE
OBLITERATED MEMORY OF THE PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. >> WHAT ABOUT THAT ENCOUNTER.
>> WHAT ABOUT THAT ENCOUNTER. I GUESS IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT
I GUESS IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT IT BOTH WAYS, YOU’D SAY JIMMY
IT BOTH WAYS, YOU’D SAY JIMMY CARTER DIDN’T BOLT OUT OF HIS
CARTER DIDN’T BOLT OUT OF HIS SEAT BUT USUALLY THEY INTERACT
SEAT BUT USUALLY THEY INTERACT AND KNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER
AND KNOWLEDGE EACH OTHER ESPECIALLY AT A FUNERAL FOR ONE
ESPECIALLY AT A FUNERAL FOR ONE OF THEM.
OF THEM. >> THEY DO.
>> THEY DO. USUALLY PEOPLE IN POLITICS, I
USUALLY PEOPLE IN POLITICS, I THINK ONE OF THE SHOCKS IS
THINK ONE OF THE SHOCKS IS YOU’RE PREPARED.
YOU’RE PREPARED. YOU MEET A POLITICIAN, YOU’RE
YOU MEET A POLITICIAN, YOU’RE PREPARED TO DISLIKE THAT PERSON
PREPARED TO DISLIKE THAT PERSON AND YOU’RE CHARMED BY THEM.
AND YOU’RE CHARMED BY THEM. THEN YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THEY
THEN YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THEY WOULDN’T BE IN THIS GAME IF THEY
WOULDN’T BE IN THIS GAME IF THEY WEREN’T CHARMING.
WEREN’T CHARMING. YOU DON’T GET TO BE ELECTED TO
YOU DON’T GET TO BE ELECTED TO THINGS UNLESS YOU’RE VERY GOOD
THINGS UNLESS YOU’RE VERY GOOD AT MAKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER
AT MAKING PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER MET YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND
MET YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE AND WARMLY TOWARD YOU.
WARMLY TOWARD YOU. THEY JUST ALL DO THAT.
THEY JUST ALL DO THAT. IT’S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO TO
IT’S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO TO PLAY THE GAME.
PLAY THE GAME. THAT’S A SKILL DONALD TRUMP HAS
THAT’S A SKILL DONALD TRUMP HAS NEVER PICKED UP.
NEVER PICKED UP. HE’S NOT A PLEASER IN THAT WAY.
HE’S NOT A PLEASER IN THAT WAY. HE MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE IN
HE MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE IN A WAY THAT A NORMAL POLITICIAN
A WAY THAT A NORMAL POLITICIAN WOULD DO.
WOULD DO. >> THIS MEETING COMES AFTER A
>> THIS MEETING COMES AFTER A VERY HARROWING TIME THAT LUCKILY
VERY HARROWING TIME THAT LUCKILY THERE WERE NO DEATHS BUT THERE
THERE WERE NO DEATHS BUT THERE WERE PIPE BOMBS MAILED AKROSCROS
WERE PIPE BOMBS MAILED AKROSCROS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE FORMER
THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE FORMER PRESIDENTS AND DONALD TRUMP HAD
PRESIDENTS AND DONALD TRUMP HAD A VERY ODD RESPONSE TO THAT.
A VERY ODD RESPONSE TO THAT. I WANT TO PLAY THAT FOR YOU AND
I WANT TO PLAY THAT FOR YOU AND THINK ABOUT MEETING TODAY.
>> I THINK WE’LL PROBABLY PASS.
>> I THINK WE’LL PROBABLY PASS. >> PRETTY COLD GIVEN THOSE WERE
>> PRETTY COLD GIVEN THOSE WERE ACTUAL ATTEMPTED DEATH ATTACKS.
ACTUAL ATTEMPTED DEATH ATTACKS. MORE THAN A DEATH THREAT IS WHAT
MORE THAN A DEATH THREAT IS WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY.
I’M TRYING TO SAY. DO WE HAVE TO WAIT OUT HOWEVER
DO WE HAVE TO WAIT OUT HOWEVER LONG THIS PRESIDENT IS PRESIDENT
LONG THIS PRESIDENT IS PRESIDENT FOR RETURNING TO A BASIC TIME
FOR RETURNING TO A BASIC TIME WHEN THERE’S CIVILITY BETWEEN
WHEN THERE’S CIVILITY BETWEEN THE LIVING PRESIDENTS.
THE LIVING PRESIDENTS. >> THE TEST HERE IS NOT ONE OF
>> THE TEST HERE IS NOT ONE OF CIVILITY.
CIVILITY. DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T SPILL
DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T SPILL ANYTHING ON HIMSELF.
ANYTHING ON HIMSELF. HE WAS NOT UNCIVIL.
HE WAS NOT UNCIVIL. WHAT IS SURPRISING IS
WHAT IS SURPRISING IS POLITICS -- POLITICIANS ARE MORE
POLITICS -- POLITICIANS ARE MORE EMPHATHETIC THAN OTHER PEOPLE.
EMPHATHETIC THAN OTHER PEOPLE. THEY CAN SOMETIMES USE THAT
THEY CAN SOMETIMES USE THAT EMPATHY FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES.
EMPATHY FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES. THEY FIGURE YOU OUT NOT BECAUSE
THEY FIGURE YOU OUT NOT BECAUSE THEY NECESSARILY WANT TO LOVE
THEY NECESSARILY WANT TO LOVE YOU SO MUCH BUT BECAUSE THEY
YOU SO MUCH BUT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE YOU LOVE THEM.
WANT TO MAKE YOU LOVE THEM. IT’S JUST PART OF THE JOB.
IT’S JUST PART OF THE JOB. THE THING THAT IS SO STRANGE
THE THING THAT IS SO STRANGE WITH DONALD TRUMP IS BECAUSE HE
WITH DONALD TRUMP IS BECAUSE HE NEVER DID ANYTHING POLITICS
NEVER DID ANYTHING POLITICS BEFORE RUNNING THIS CRAZY
BEFORE RUNNING THIS CRAZY CAMPAIGN, HE’S MISSING THAT
CAMPAIGN, HE’S MISSING THAT EMPATHY PRESIDENT THAT EVERY
EMPATHY PRESIDENT THAT EVERY OTHER SUCCESSFUL POLITICIAN HAS.
OTHER SUCCESSFUL POLITICIAN HAS. >> HE SEEMS TO PERCEIVE THAT AS
>> HE SEEMS TO PERCEIVE THAT AS SOME UNFAIR ATTACK ON HIM THAT’S
SOME UNFAIR ATTACK ON HIM THAT’S ABOUT HIM WHEN IT’S REALLY ABOUT
ABOUT HIM WHEN IT’S REALLY ABOUT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING
JUST SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING THAT COULD BE WORKED ON IF ONE
THAT COULD BE WORKED ON IF ONE WANTED TO.
WANTED TO. TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS.
TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSIED
