Former President Barack Obama, left, speaks with then-President-elect Donald Trump during President Jimmy Carter's funeral at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump and Obama were seated near other high-profile former U.S. leaders, including former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Mike Pence, former President Bill Clinton, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as then-President Joe Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
The friendly interaction between the two presidents during President Jimmy Carter's funeral lit up social media in January ahead of then-President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. (Getty Images)
"We need lip readers to see what Trump said to make Obama laugh," another person posted to X in January.
Trump was asked about the viral moment ahead of his inauguration, remarking that he "didn't realize how friendly it looked."
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"I said, 'Boy, they look like two people that like each other.' And we probably do," Trump added at the time. "We have a little different philosophies, right? But we probably do. I don't know. We just got along. But I got along with just about everybody."
Fox News Digital's Kristine Parks contributed to this report.
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