These Clips Of Barack Obama And Donald Trump Chumming It Up Are Going Viral, And People Have A Lot Of Thoughts

Matt Stopera
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Welcome to the 50th post about Jimmy Carter's funeral, which apparently turned into the most hopping, strange funeral event ever!

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For those not caught up on all of the happenings (the belly tap!), all of the former living presidents were in attendance.

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Barack Obama was seated next to Donald Trump, and the two were very conversational.

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They were truly yucking it up.

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As this person said, "Trump and Obama sitting next to each other was not on my 2025 bingo card."

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And now, everyone is wondering: WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT?

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"Who can read lips?" one person asked.

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"I would pay a lot of money to hear this conversation," another person said.

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The world needs to know about this conversation!

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People have started captioning the clip.

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This person speculated that Obama drew the short stick.

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And this person pointed out how miserable Melania looks.

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What a funeral!

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