yea. every previous president held a cordial relationship with previous presidents. literally cannot recall any of them really talking bad about each other. previous 6 years aside.
Bush did this to ease Obama's transition into the office. He brought every living former president to the Whitehouse to meet and discuss with him his new job. Bush even enlisted his own daughters to show Obama's daughters around the Whitehouse and give them a crash course in what it means to live there, and be the kid of a president (even though they did not spend a lot of time in the Whitehouse). Bush's intent was not just to help Obama become better and ease him into the job, but help his whole family get used to the new life. Normally, presidents are very supportive of each other, not something we had seen in the previous as they didn't quite support him. While this is true, most are very close more so after leaving office and have an unofficial club, as no one else in the world has been though what they have. Bush was aware of this fact and wanted to take the transition a step further, pretty sure his intent was to start a new tradition. If you get a chance, find online the letters of support each of these former presidents wrote to the next one.
dfreinc on October 4th, 2022 at 23:34 UTC »
yea. every previous president held a cordial relationship with previous presidents. literally cannot recall any of them really talking bad about each other. previous 6 years aside.
barmanfred on October 5th, 2022 at 01:16 UTC »
I don't know why all presidents don't do this once or twice a year. Seems like they'd be able to give some very good advice, party notwithstanding.
jkayne on October 5th, 2022 at 03:29 UTC »
Bush did this to ease Obama's transition into the office. He brought every living former president to the Whitehouse to meet and discuss with him his new job. Bush even enlisted his own daughters to show Obama's daughters around the Whitehouse and give them a crash course in what it means to live there, and be the kid of a president (even though they did not spend a lot of time in the Whitehouse). Bush's intent was not just to help Obama become better and ease him into the job, but help his whole family get used to the new life. Normally, presidents are very supportive of each other, not something we had seen in the previous as they didn't quite support him. While this is true, most are very close more so after leaving office and have an unofficial club, as no one else in the world has been though what they have. Bush was aware of this fact and wanted to take the transition a step further, pretty sure his intent was to start a new tradition. If you get a chance, find online the letters of support each of these former presidents wrote to the next one.