That's one possible reason. I would not be surprised if everyone over the age of 18 pre-medicated in one way or another just to tolerate Trump's presence.

One just sort of looks upon them as though in an out-of-body experience as the true moron they are. Maybe a few real-time fantasies about what awaits him sooner than later.

In a tiny cylinder in his nose.

Because that's the only reason I could see Obama laughing with him.

he would have had to approve the inclusion of Trump.

Why? 1. Because it was expected per tradition; and 2. because Pres. Jimmy Carter was "better" than most of us and tried to set a "higher" example.

As I said, these State Funeral plans are reviewed every three months, and the official part falls to the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region, a division of the Military District of Washington and is carried out at taxpayer expense. That doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room. You might say, well, remember McCain's funeral... Well, his was not a Presidential State funeral, so the rules are different...

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And how dare people act differently than I imagined in my head.

Also, polite, classy, superior in every way.

I can't imagine any scenario where I could yuck it up with Trump any more than I could see myself yucking it up with Hitler or Lucifer.

I remember hearing the Clintons planned to go to his inauguration. Why, after all she’s been through, is not really my concern.

are the only way I would be able to be in the same room as the fucking moron.

From VetWife at Daily Kos

I watched the Carter Funeral and this one was very sad but GW Bush and Bill Clinton and Hillary and Laura dissed Trump in a way that was described in the way to treat him in a diary I wrote yesterday. ( Glad they felt the same way as I did). Ha….Hillary looked angry having to be in the same room with him and Bush looked almost as frustrated. I thought it was magnificent that Bush had to walk past him and shake everyone else’s hand and just ignore Trump.

Upon second look, it appears the Carter family paid no greeting as well.

See clip here

This is the way it is done - ignore him!

Karen Pence, too. Way to go, Mother!

Could not help but laugh as trump non stop flapped his facial anus, while his neck Labia flapped like a flag on a ship. Sitting right next to that has to be hilarious (Hillary-arious) to see. And deep in those neck crevices, the pure Snow White meat is highlighted by the dark orange paint on the outer layers. There May even be some MickyD sesame seeds stuck down in there.
Who would not laugh????

in person... I'd be laughing as I tried to decide what type of orange it most resembled.

he did what decorum dictated, as repulsive as that might have been for him. Today was not about Obama or von shitzenpantz despite your perception.

Thank you.

Of course he had to be there. So were the Clintons, so were the Bushes, so was Obama, so were the Bidens. So were the various VPs, at least what I saw (I don't know if the Cheneys were there). It is simply protocol and common decency to invite the current and former presidents, the current and former VPs, and their spouses to the funeral of a president of the U.S.

I don't like Trump, either, but c'mon. He and Melania had to be there. They didn't create any scene.

that means Michelle would have been sitting next to trump. If this is protocol it could be the reason she was a no show

without verbalizing it...yet? People are speculating.

Even W snubbed that fucking asshole without a second glance.

When W comes off looking better than you at anything, it’s not good.

out of consideration for decorum, and a different thing to be yucking it up with a want to be dictator who wants to destroy everything good about this country. Who by the way is the polar opposite of everything the man they were there to remember stood for.

Others can feel how they want to, and though I am sure nobody gives a crap about what I think, I have to admit I feel disappointed in Obama today.

There may be some moderating influence on President Felon if he's guided to be one of the pack?

Narcissistic Personality Disorder can't be "cured," even by trained Psychiatrists. tsf is always going to be a sf. He is what he is and there is nothing anyone can do that will turn him into a decent human being.

must treat him with honor and respect so that he might want to live up to that.

"Decent people everywhere should shun the sexual deviant and felon"

If we were to do that it would hurt his feelings and put humanity in more danger.

Didn’t you hear person after person say he was kind and decent and had dignity that extended to all? Didn’t you hear them play “Imagine”?

We can rave and snark and get our jollies insulting someone we fear will cause even more harm than he has, and it’s understandable, but it’s not the best of our natures. Jimmy had something that’s hard to have, and his funeral rightly honored that.

But you go right on ahead...

Perhaps it’s a “friends close, enemies closer” thing.