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elected president donald trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence shook hands at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral Thursday in their first public interaction in four years.
Pence was seen standing up to shake Trump’s hand as the former president arrived inside Washington, D.C National Cathedral for the funeral. After the two recognized each other and appeared to have a few words, Pence shook hands with former first lady Melania Trump.
Former second lady Karen Pence, who was seated next to her husband, did not stand up, shake Trump’s hand, or appear to acknowledge him.
Trump and Pence have not been seen together publicly since the two left the White House on rocky terms four years ago after not seeing the results of the presidential election and what legal recourse Trump had to contest it.
FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER WAS REMEMBERED AND PRAISED AS A HUMANITARIAN AROUND THE WORLD
Former US Vice President Al Gore (L) looks on as former Vice President Mike Pence (C) shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump before a state funeral for former US President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC in January. 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Pence briefly ran unsuccessfully for president against Trump in the 2024 presidential primary, which he dropped out of in October 2023, and did not endorse Trump at any point before the November election.
The two have publicly criticized each other in recent years, including in 2023 when Trump called Pence “delusional” and the former vice president said last year that he could not “in good conscience” endorse Trump.
From left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump, they arrive before former President Jimmy’s state funeral. Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The five living men who once occupied the White House, the so-called Presidents Club, President Biden and former Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and Trump was in the same room Thursday for the first time since former President George HW Bush’s funeral in 2018.
Former Vice Presidents Dan Quayle and Al Gore were also in attendance.
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Children watch as the hearse carrying the casket of former President Jimmy Carter pulls up outside the State Capitol in Atlanta, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, pool)
After the funeral, Carter’s remains will be flown to Georgia by the US Air Force aboard Special Air Mission 39 for a private ceremony in his hometown of Plains.
Carter, the 39th president, died on December 29 at the age of 100 after being admitted to a hospital in 2023.
