Former Vice President Mike Pence shook Donald Trump's hand at Jimmy Carter's funeral, but his wife, Karen Pence, decided to stand her ground and not even give the President-elect the time of day. In a clip going around on X,
Mike Pence's wife Karen did not greet President-elect Donald Trump or Melania Trump at Jimmy Carter's funeral Thursday morning. As the former vice president rose to shake hands with Trump, his wife remained seated.
One of the first calls Obama made after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 was to George W. Bush to spread the word that the mission had been accomplished, said Kate Andersen Brower, author of “Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump.”
The handshake happened almost four years to the day when Trump supporters called for Pence's execution during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
At the end of the service, Carter’s flag-draped casket was taken by motorcade to Joint Base Andrews for the return flight aboard the modified Boeing 747 that serves as Air Force 1 back to Georgia for burial in his hometown, Plains.
For the first time in years, Donald Trump and Mike Pence crossed paths in public. They were both at former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral at Washington National Cathedral. Pence and Trump had an ugly fallout after their first and only term together in the White House.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all living former presidents attended the funeral, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Both President-elect Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence also attended, marking the first time the pair were in the same room in four years.
The president-elect and his former vice president, who have been at odds since the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots, briefly conversed at former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral
Incoming president Donald Trump was ignored by the wife of his former vice-president Mike Pence who refused to shake his or Melania's hands at the funeral of Jimmy Carter today
9:50 a.m. Trump shook hands with former Vice President Mike Pence, marking the first time the two have been seen publicly in the same room in four years. 9:50 a.m. Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrived at the funeral and were seated next to Obama.