The two shocked political observers when they were photographed smiling and laughing with each before the start of Carter’s funeral service. Trump and Obama are believed to have used more jovial facial expressions in order to mask a graver conservation from the prying eyes around them.

President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama sat next to each other at Jimmy Carter’s funeral earlier this year, leading many to wonder what the two political leaders discussed. According to a citation in the book 2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,

The book highlights Trump’s return to the White House in 2024 and the campaigns of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.