The bromance between Barack Obama and George W. Bush continued on Monday, ahead of President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.
As the two former presidents prepared to walk into the Capitol Rotunda for the swearing-in ceremony, an aide can be heard asking W., “Are you going to behave?”
Obama, running behind George and Laura Bush, volunteered an answer.
“No,” the Democrat said.
The playful exchange took place after Bush playfully tapped Obama on the stomach as he arrived at President Jimmy Carter's funeral earlier this month.
Bush ignored the Trumps to greet Obama.
He was later seen shaking hands with Donald Trump.
Obama won the White House in 2008 after opposing Bush's two-term policies, including his decision to invade Iraq.
Former President George W. Bush (left) gives a nod next to former first lady Laura Bush (right) in the Capitol Rotunda before President Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony
But Bush 43 never seemed to hold grudges.
He attended Obama's inauguration in 2009 and appeared to be friends with Barack and Michelle Obama over the years.
Although he is a Republican like Trump, Bush is more critical of Trump than Obama.
On the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2021, nine months after the attack on the Capitol on January 6, Bush warned of the threats of domestic terrorism.
Trump, in turn, said Bush had “a failed and uninspiring presidency” and that he should not “lecture” the public.
Before that, Trump humiliated Bush's brother Jeb on the 2016 campaign trail, mocking the former Florida governor for being “low energy” — a dig that stuck.
Before Trump fully entered politics, he pushed the so-called “birther” conspiracy theory about Obama – that the country's first black president was born in Kenya, where Obama's father was from, and not Hawaii, where the Democratic president was born.
The White House eventually released Obama's lengthy birth certificate to resolve the issue.
Former President George W. Bush (left), former first lady Laura Bush (center), and former President Barack Obama (right)
Obama then humiliated Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2011, which is considered one of the reasons why Trump launched his own campaign in 2016.
However, at Carter's funeral, Trump and Obama were spotted having an animated conversation, with Obama even laughing at something Trump said.
Former first lady Michelle Obama skipped Carter's funeral and did not appear at Monday's inauguration.
