President Trump invited President Obama to play a round of golf at one of his several courses during the two’s viral moment at President Carter’s funeral in January, according to a new book.
The then-president-elect requested that his predecessor join him on the links as the two political foes shocked the world with their pleasantries during Jimmy Carter’s state funeral inside the Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 9, 2025.
“He sat next to Barack Obama and invited him to play golf, enticing him with descriptions of Trump’s courses around the world,” according to a passage from the book “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America,” according to Axios.
Former President Barack Obama smiles as he talks with President-elect Donald Trump at former President Jimmy Carter’s Funeral on Jan. 9, 2025. AFP via Getty Images
The book highlights Trump’s return to the White House in 2024