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Undated: List of Presidents of the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
-- 2017 --
October 20: Former Presidents Obama and Bush decry Trump era politics
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have voiced concern about the current political climate in the US, in comments seen as a veiled rebuke of Donald Trump's leadership.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-41692884/former-presidents-obama-and-bush-decry-trump-era-politics
October 22: Jimmy Carter: 'The media have been harder on Trump than any other president'
https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/jimmy-carter-the-media-have-been-harder-trump-than-any-other-president/aZIdv20ZGghjVC3Kux2ghM/
-- 2018 --
March 31: Jimmy Carter to Colbert: America “apparently” wants a jerk for president
Jimmy Carter capped a busy week -- even for him -- with a lively appearance on Friday’s edition of “The Late Show” on CBS in which he both seemed to poke fun at Donald Trump and made clear that he’s praying for the current president.
Carter, 93, was there in to talk about his new book, “Faith: A Journey for All,” but host Stephen Colbert clearly had other subjects on his mind as well.
“Were you too nice to be president?” Colbert jokingly demanded of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. “Does America want kind of a jerk as president?”
Carter grinned.
“Apparently, from this recent election year,” he answered with a twinkle in his eye. “I never knew it before.”
https://www.ajc.com/news/jimmy-carter-colbert-america-apparently-wanted-jerk-for-president/KkbwWoBCabvwAkT0AewGAK/
May 24: Jimmy Carter Pokes Fun at Trump During Liberty University Commencement
Former President Jimmy Carter delivered the commencement address at Liberty University on Saturday, urging graduates to let “life, freedom and an opportunity to live a completely successful life” guide them into their next chapter.
“Every one of us decides, ‘This is the kind of person I choose to be,’” Carter told graduates of the Virginia school. “We’re the ones who decide, ‘Do I hate or am I filled with love … do I think only about myself or do I care for others?’ … There are no limits to our ambitions as human beings.”
The 39th president also worked in a subtle jab at current President Donald Trump, after noting that the record-setting graduating class of nearly 20,200 was even larger than the one that heard Trump deliver the school’s commencement address last year.
“I don’t know if President Trump would admit that,” Carter said, apparently referring to the much-disputed crowd size estimate from Trump’s inauguration.
http://time.com/5283216/jimmy-carter-commencement-address-liberty-university/
August 28: Jimmy Carter: Talking about impeaching Donald Trump is 'wrong thing' for Democrats to do
In reality, most Democrats have shied away from the controversial subject this election year while special counsel Robert Mueller continues his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
"You know, I think the president has much less influence over the economy than is certainly publicized by the president himself," Carter said. "But whenever the economy goes up, the president always wants to take credit for it. Whenever the economy goes down, the president wants to avoid responsibility. And I think it’s been that way in our country ever since we started."
Additionally, Carter criticized Trump for his reaction to the death of Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday of brain cancer.
"I thought that President Trump made a mistake at first by not recognizing John McCain’s unquestioned commitment to our country in the Navy and as a prisoner of war and also in his service in Congress," said Carter, who, like McCain, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/28/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-impeachment/1123328002/
August 28: Jimmy Carter Blasts Donald Trump — Again: He Is 'Very Careless with the Truth’
https://people.com/politics/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-careless-with-the-truth/
September 13: Former President Carter said this week that if he were “foolish enough to feel" he could become president again, the first thing he’d do is change all of the policies initiated by President Trump since he's held office.
“If I were foolish enough to feel I could be president again, I think the first thing I would do would be to change all of the policies that President Trump has initiated,” the 93-year-old said while delivering remarks at Emory University on Wednesday night, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/406568-jimmy-carter-if-i-became-president-again-ide-change-every-trump
October 20: Ex-Presidents Send Trump a Pointed Message
Politics has never been an innocent profession. Every generation has witnessed contentious arguments, division, scandals and below-the-belt attacks — McCarthyism, the Vietnam War, Watergate, Iran-Contra, impeachment, the Iraq war and the all-out fight over Obamacare.
But what was extraordinary about Thursday was having two ex-presidents — George W. Bush and Barack Obama — deliver what amounted to a bipartisan, two-pronged denunciation of the Trump Era. Neither Bush nor Obama mentioned by Trump by name, but they also didn’t have to.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/ex-presidents-send-trump-pointed-message-n812526
November 27: Trump brags, ‘I blow Ronald Reagan away’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-brags-i-blow-ronald-reagan-away
November 30: Former President George H.W. Bush Dies At 94
There were fears that after his wife, Barbara, died in April, Bush might die, too. He was admitted to the hospital with a blood infection on April 23, one day after the funeral for the former first lady, and remained there for 13 days. He also spent time in the hospital in May and June, but lived to be the first former president to reach the age of 94.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/30/423556608/former-president-george-h-w-bush-dies-at-94
December 3: Sully, the service dog of former President George H.W. Bush, spent Sunday night lying before Bush's flag-draped casket in Houston.
Jim McGrath, spokesman for the Bush family, tweeted out a photo on Sunday night, captioning it "mission complete."
Sully became the late president's service dog in June, a couple of months after former first lady Barbara Bush died.
The yellow Lab was trained by America's VetDogs, which places service dogs and guide dogs with veterans, active-duty service members and first responders.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/03/672852640/george-h-w-bushs-service-dog-stays-by-his-casket
December 5: No Chumminess Between Trump, Former Presidents at George Bush Funeral ... Awkward handshakes, folded arms and a forward stare.
President Donald Trump joined the group of living ex-U.S. presidents on Wednesday to commemorate the life of former President George H. W. Bush, but in a service characterized by emotion and good feeling, warmth between the current and former occupants of the White House was decidedly absent.
Trump shook hands awkwardly with his predecessor, Barack Obama, and former first lady Michelle Obama as he took his place in the front row of the service at the Washington National Cathedral.
He did not reach out to former President Bill Clinton or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who were seated next to the Obamas. Hillary Clinton, who lost to Trump in the 2016 presidential election, nodded but did not smile as the one-time New York businessman and his wife, Melania, joined the group that included former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, a longtime friend of the late Bush, spoke at the ceremony and said when he was president, "every single head of government in the world knew that they were dealing with a gentleman, a genuine leader, one who was distinguished, resolute and brave."
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2018-12-05/no-chumminess-between-trump-former-presidents-at-george-bush-funeral
December 5:
-- 2019 --
January 1: Former presidents deny praising Trump's wall
Living former presidents have denied President Donald Trump's claim that they had commended him for his commitment to build a wall along the nation's southern border. CNN's
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/01/08/erin-burnett-monologue-donald-trump-former-president-border-wall-ebof-vpx.cnn
January 8: Pence Says Trump Thought Presidents on TV Were Talking Privately to Him
NBC’s Hallie Jackson asked Vice-President Mike Pence to name the former presidents who had secretly told Trump to build the wall:
“I know the president has said that that was his impression from previous presidents, previous administrations,” replied Pence. “I know I’ve seen clips of previous presidents talking about the importance of border security.”
So rather than concede that Trump made up these private conversations, Pence is saying Trump saw them say it on television, and imagined they had told him this face-to-face. Is that actually better?
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/pence-trump-thought-presidents-on-tv-talking-privately-to-him.html
January 18: Jimmy Carter: Trump should form advisory panel on China
https://wtop.com/asia/2019/01/jimmy-carter-marks-40-years-of-us-diplomacy-with-china/
-- 2020 --
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