There were times when Jimmy Carter annoyed his successors in the White House, Democrat and Republican. He never seemed to mind.

Three days after the Jan. 6 anniversary, with its indelible images of costumed rioters running amok in the Capitol, former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral service in the National Cathedral presented a historical picture of a different kind, one that spoke not of upended norms, but of preservation and strength.

The former president and once-again-future president, who are historically something less than besties, chatted it up before the service began. (Michelle Obama was not in attendance.)

President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects to former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday at the Capitol Rotunda.

Donald Trump shook hands with Mike Pence at Jimmy Carter's state funeral -- a notable exchange as the two men have not interacted publicly in years.

Jimmy Carter was prescient on a host of issues, but at his funeral were reminders that the future looks different than he might have envisioned it.

President-elect Donald Trump and former president Barack Obama are keeping things civil as they pay their respects to former president Jimmy Carter. They had an extended chat while seated next to each other at the ceremony.

All the living U.S. presidents sat near each other during former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral, including Donald Trump, who was spotted laughing and chatting with Barack Obama.

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Trump’s fixation on Greenland is particularly odd, though not new. Back in 2018, he offered to buy it from Denmark, which controls the large, icy island as an autonomous territory. He was outraged when the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, turned him down, calling her “ nasty ” and canceling a state visit to Copenhagen.

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