Not even the death of Pope Francis could bring President Donald Trump to make nice and ride with former President Joe Biden,. Sitting President George W. Bush rode with former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton on Air Force One to the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II’s in 2005.

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will not attend the funeral. Bush spokesman Freddy Ford said the 43rd president “did not have the privilege of knowing Pope Francis” and therefore was unlikely to attend. During his presidency, Bush attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump joined world leaders at Pope Francis’s funeral in St. Peter’s Square this morning. At Pope John Paul II’s funeral in 2005, then-president George W.