>>GWB has 2 Secret Service agents sitting directly behind him
Interesting observation. I saw the 3rd row, but assumed that the 2nd row was considered totally safe and that the SS felt that they were in good position to protect both rows from the 3rd. The only thing I can make of your observation about W is that being the center of attention is directing the crazies straight at him.
I didn’t watch any of the funeral coverage. It tends to get a bit overblown. So I’m very grateful to you for catching the subtleties.
As for Obama, W’s bizarre habit of not attacking the opposition seems to fit in there. Shaking my head at that characteristic of his.
Trump had the power in that environment to offer or refuse things Bush wanted. Given Trump’s reputation for punching back harder than he’s punched, but of only being a reactor, Bush was smart to be polite to him.
As for Pence, one could argue that he couldn’t offer Bush anything, or one could speculate as to whether there had been any private controversies between them that hadn’t leaked.
But very interesting observations.
Watching replays of the funeral my wife observed the SS around the Bush family weren’t ‘protecting’ them, they were guarding them.
My typing wasn’t clear - I was observing that Trump did not shake hands with Pence, nor did he even acknowledge him - seemed odd, given that Pence was right there in the chair behind where Trump was going to sit.
I wondered about it at the time, and when I saw a Video, it reminded me. I did wonder about GWB-Thought he might have had more than usual threats or something.
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As for Pence, one could argue that he couldn’t offer Bush anything, or one could speculate as to whether there had been any private controversies between them that hadn’t leaked.
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I’ve heard Pence described as a personal friend of the Bush family, and seen a photo of Pence and Bush photographed with their wives. It was an early picture - perhaps in the first months of Bush’s presidency (early 2001).