On November 30, 2018, former US President George H.W. Bush passed away, as a rare father-son president in the history of the United States, it is a miracle in the American political arena.
During bush's inauguration, it was the golden time for the development of the United States, ending the Cold War, launching the "Desert Sabre" and "Desert Storm" operations, and making a name for the United States in the Middle East.
He is also one of the most China-friendly presidents in U.S. history, visiting China many times, riding a bicycle in Beijing, and loving Chinese food are his labels.
His death was a huge loss to American politics and a huge blow to his family, and the U.S. government decided to hold a state funeral for him at Washington Cathedral on December 5.
There were laughter and tears at this funeral, but there were also more grievances in the political arena.
In the tidbits of the old Bush's state funeral, Trump was ignored by Hillary, and Bush Jr. handed Michelle sugar.
"Cold current" Trump
For the media, the person who paid the most attention to the funeral may not be the deceased George W. Bush, nor his son, former President George W. Bush, but the current President Trump.
Even a loyal fan of Trump, the Fox TV host had to lament: "The arrival of President Trump is like a cold current in Siberia."
In addition to the Trumps, there were three presidential couples at the funeral, namely the Obamas, the Clintons and the Carters.
All but Carter's wife have been bombarded by Trump's "cannon."
As former presidents, the Obamas should be the ones Trump has slammed the most.
Although it is said that a multi-party country like the United States, especially in a multi-party country like the United States, the new president must come to power to make some adjustments to the policies of his predecessors in his own favor.
But Trump overturned the Obama-era Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Paris Agreement, the Deferred Repatriation of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, sanctions against Cuba, the Iranian nuclear agreement, and even the health care reform bill that Obama most valued, which is also rare in American history.
Obama actually attaches great importance to his "political legacy", as the first African-American president in American history, he is eager to leave some of his own symbols for American society during his term of office.
Of course, if there is only political disagreement, the two people can at least maintain a superficial harmony, but in fact the contradiction between the two people has risen to various attacks.
Back in 2011, in an effort to build momentum for his own presidential campaign, Trump openly questioned Obama's birthplace and led a "campaign to question Obama's American citizenship."
This has had an unknown impact on the reputation of Obama, who has long been called "the first black president in American history."
So Obama unceremoniously hit back after publishing his proof of his birth in Hawaii, suggesting that some people, like clowns, were also trying to influence politics.
After Trump made it clear that he wanted to run, Obama satirized Trump several times at the White House press conference, and also used PS pictures to suggest that if Trump stayed in the White House, he would only be a pompous and extravagant gambler.
After Trump was successfully elected president, not only did he not have any signs of reconciliation with Obama, but instead set off a "wiretap door" incident, accusing Obama of eavesdropping during the election, and also repeatedly made racist remarks against Obama.
Not only for Obama, but also for Obama's wife Michelle Trump has no intention of letting go, directly criticizing her as a squander of taxpayer money.
Of course, Obama is also constantly fighting back, just a few months before the state funeral, Obama publicly criticized Trump for achieving his ulterior motives by inciting bad emotions among politicians.
This contradictory relationship inevitably made the atmosphere at their funeral awkward, but because they were sitting right next to Obama, Trump shook hands with the Obamas politely.
For Clinton and Hillary Clinton, Trump is not even going to be polite, and the two sides directly ignore each other, as if the other is just air.
The contradiction between them is not just trump's accusation that Clinton is the worst flirt, but the contradiction between Trump and Hillary Clinton in the election.
In fact, throughout the Presidential Election in the United States, although some people compete, they still feel sorry for each other, such as the previous campaigns of Obama and Hillary, and finally Obama made Hillary Clinton the secretary of state.
Although some people also have a vendetta, as outstanding politicians, everyone will exercise restraint and will not make some outrageous moves in the open.
But everyone forgets that Trump is not a politician, he is a businessman, and he doesn't care about many political rules.
Looking at the election process of Trump and Hillary, it can also be said that it is the most chaotic and scandalous election in American history.
Hillary first broke the "mail door" incident, which was caught by Trump, who once threatened to send Hillary to prison.
After that, Hillary was exposed to the "health gate" incident
And Trump himself is not clean, and was caught by the Hillary team on the handle of his "recording door", exposing that he had insulted women in private foul language, and even trespassed in women's dressing rooms.
As a female candidate, Hillary Clinton originally had the popularity advantage of female voters, and Trump suffered a big loss because of his inappropriate words and deeds.
The US election can be said to be the world's biggest news in the impression of everyone, and as the presidential candidate of the highest representative of the US political elite, it should bring high-quality debate and ideological impact to everyone.
In the general election, the emphasis should be on showing the basic plate of their own party and the swing voters in the middle of their thinking on the future and destiny of the country, economic development, people's livelihood and welfare, and other national economy and people's livelihood.
But in the election of Trump and Hillary Clinton, the question of how to govern the country has been shelved, and Trump and Hillary have put the main focus of the election campaign on smearing each other.
Each other hid all the filth in the usual days, naked in front of the public, the final result is that the two together became the "bastards" in the hearts of the majority of voters, everyone finally remembered only their own black materials, in the governance of the country in the end what suggestions but no one remembers.
However, Trump's style has won the favor of many middle and lower-class "red necks".
As a veteran politician, Hillary has been relying on the power of the mainstream media, mainly the major television and print media, which has been unfavorable in the past, but she ignores that the Internet era has arrived
Trump's frenzied attack on Twitter has made Hillary unable to breathe, and Trump's habitual use of some vulgar words, even foul language, not only did not deduct points, but made many voters feel real.
They have long been tired of watching the hypocritical performances of politicians, but they are quite fond of the true temperament of "Trump".
If it was just a scolding war, maybe Hillary and Trump would not have formed such a deep mustard, but Trump did do a lot of things that were extremely irritating to Hillary.
The most serious thing was during their second televised debate.
At that time, Trump was deeply involved in the "recording door", and when the host asked him questions about the incident, he used the killer skills that had been buried for a long time.
He invited four female victims of Clinton's sexual assault at the time, and directly through these victims, he hyped up the Clinton scandal that year, and attacked Hillary Clinton, saying that Hillary clinton was an accomplice and did not deserve to be a female representative.
At that time, this ugly matter was boiling over, and after many years, Trump used this incident to attack Hillary, which was tantamount to ripping open the old wounds and sprinkling salt, and the two people basically had no possibility of reconciliation.
Unlike many opponents who are tit-for-tat in the election and shake hands after the end, even after the end of the election, Trump did not stop the flag, but chased after it.
The "mail gate" against Hillary Clinton has repeatedly urged the Justice Department and the FBI to publish Hillary's personal emails, suspecting that Hillary clinton leaked information about the US nuclear submarine, and even accusing Hillary Clinton of colluding with Google to lower her vote.
And Hillary clinton has repeatedly attacked Trump's policies in public.
It is not surprising that two tit-for-tat people, even at the state funeral of the elder Bush, still ignore each other, and this hostility is estimated to accompany them for the rest of their lives.
"Warm current" George W. Bush
Although Trump came to the funeral to a "cold current", George W. Bush used his high emotional intelligence to defuse the tense atmosphere at the scene like a "warm current".
Bush Sr. is not a serious president; on the contrary, he has a cheerful personality, loves to laugh and laugh, and Bush Jr. is influenced by him and is also a person with a jumping personality, so Bush Jr. did not make many very sad and sensational speeches.
"For us, he wasn't perfect, but he was close to perfect. He's not good at playing short games. On the dance floor, it's also far worse than Fred Astaire. He doesn't like vegetables and especially hates broccoli. By the way, he also inherited these defects to us. ”
This speech amused the originally sad audience present, and could not help but burst into laughter and laugh frequently.
But no matter how optimistic and cheerful a person is, it is inevitable to be sad in the face of his father's departure from the world, when it comes to "he is a great and noble person, and he is the best father for his children." Although sad, let us smile goodbye, you will hold Robin again, take your mother's hand", I can't help but burst into tears.
Barbara is the wife of the elder Bush, when the two met, the elder Bush was 18 years old, Barbara was 17 years old, accompanied by more than 70 years, both died in 2018, which ended their lives.
Robin was their child who died early, a pity for the Bush family when they were young, and now the parents and children are reunited in heaven.
The deceased is gone, but what remains for the living is endless remembrance and sorrow.
George W. Bush did not let everyone immerse themselves in sadness for too long, and in the next session of shaking hands with the guests, he used his high emotional intelligence to alleviate the sad atmosphere of the people present.
While shaking hands with the former presidents who were present, George W. Bush once again secretly stuffed Oba President Ma's wife, Michelle, with a piece of cough-suppressing mints.
Why say again, because a few months ago, at the funeral of former Senator McCain, George W. Bush also gave Michelle sugar.
At that time, this move was recorded by the media and was greatly criticized, many people felt that this was disrespect for the deceased, this time at his father's funeral, he used the same action, both "self-black" meaning, but also to show everyone his optimistic attitude towards life and death.
In fact, the reason for sugar is very simple, not that there is any political code or hint, just because Michelle has low blood sugar, Bush Jr. remembers this, so on many occasions do not forget to give her a piece of sugar, so that she does not feel bad because of low blood sugar.
Although this is only a small thing, it fully reflects the deep friendship between Bush Jr. and Michelle.
Michelle has also told reporters many times that whenever former presidents gather, George W. Bush is her staunch "party."
For the friendship of Michelle and George W. Bush, many people are puzzled.
George W. Bush is the president of the Republican Party, and Obama is the president of the Democratic Party, or his successor, there is a lot of subversion of his policies, even if the presidents of the same party are mostly quite angry.
Maybe not like Trump and Hillary Clinton, who have a "deep hatred" and turn a blind eye to meeting, but they can't talk about how good friendships are, why does Bush Jr. have such a good friendship with Michelle.
In fact, as early as 2009, when Obama moved into the White House, when Bush Jr. handed over to them, it was completely different from the previous presidential handover, he just shook hands with Obama, but warmly embraced Michelle.
From that time on, and perhaps even earlier, they forged a deep friendship.
Michelle rose from the grassroots, and the image of a hard-working "strong woman" may make Bush Jr. from a family a little admired, and Bush Jr.'s humorous and peaceful personality is also easy to approach.
As Michelle herself said, differences in political identities did not hinder their friendship.
She hoped that everyone could not only tolerate different voices, but also make different voices live in harmony and negotiate in a friendly manner, rather than tit-for-tat.
But when she said this, she still couldn't help but lash out at the rival party, saying that maybe this is the essential difference between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
The most classic moment for both of them was in September 2016, when the George W. Bushes and The Obamas were both invited to the opening ceremony of the African American History and Culture Museum.
Michelle's "bold" one took George W. Bush into his arms, and the heads of the two were still intimately attached, while Obama next to him only looked at the tongue and "jealousy".
In addition to these more classic interactions, at a commemorative event in Alabama in 2015, Bush Jr. and Michelle also sat together, holding hands and talking happily.
At the commemoration of the victims of the 2016 Lass shooting, George W. Bush stood next to Michelle, and the two people sang the national anthem hand in hand, which was once hyped up by the media as a "CP" group.
Their friendship is an outlier in the political ecology of the United States, especially the big men of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, not to mention the old and dead, basically attacking each other.
Especially in recent years, the United States has faced more and more international disputes, and after the pressure from the outside world has become greater, it has also led to the intensification of the internal political ecology.
The farce of Trump's and Hillary clinton campaigns has made many Americans lose interest in the so-called democratic election, and in fact, the 16-year election was also the lowest turnout year in the US election.
And This move of George W. Bush and Michelle shows the people the warm side of politicians, not only deceitful, but also sincere friendship.
"Their friendship is an irony and metaphor for what we lose in politics." A MEDIA outlet in the United States commented on this.
It is said that once we enter the political arena, it is as deep as the sea, and at the funeral of the elder Bush, we can not only see the contradiction between politicians who do not have contact with each other, but also see the friendship between them.
For the american people, this is also a way for them to regain confidence in the government, whether it is the farce of the election or the various actions after Trump's election, so that everyone's approval rating for the government has continued to decline, only 40%.
Perhaps, as Michelle said, it is simple to allow different voices and opinions, but it is difficult for everyone to sit together peacefully, but in fact, only different people can better bring strength to the country if they sit together calmly.