ex Presidents and others in attendance.

The Genealogist and other DUers are correct - it's insecurity reasons.

He was never going to be the center of attention and they hate his guts.

But he'll be attending his own funeral, whenever that is, since it'll be about him. I've heard that it will have the largest crowd at a funeral in history..many more than Obama's (although Obama's will not have happened yet). He has the best funerals. Everyone knows it and says so. He does the best funerals. He will have the best funeral ever, and Mexico will pay for it.

The large crowd may be for verification

I would only attend just to make absolutely sure that he was really dead.

He's a showman. He knows it's all about giving people what they want.

That's what we get for electing the biggest asshole on the planet.

Add the entire Bush/Pierce clan and he'd be a total and complete misfit.

When you get to the section on presidents and the one for president 45 (2017 - 2021) is a complete blank section.

for these years so they can fill in th e blanks for others - he's a detestable creep.

They're about the same age as Poppy and Babs.

but Mrs. Carter hasn't been well.

It's actually a GOOD thing for those who are attending that he's not.

This thread has some real DUzys

You know he doesn't do rejection very well, so his story is him rejecting them for bullshit reasons.

The late first lady hated his guts.

If that is what this is about, it makes sense.

In that company he will stick out as unworthy, illegitimate and a complete and total fraud. And even he knows that.

W is a joke in that sense but his father was a reasonable leader and Obama and Clinton's are tremendous leaders.

Rump knows the world will laugh at him if he tries to be in the same arena as them.

Also it isn't about him so he is barely aware the issue at all.

Besides, if he can't make a speech and get all of the attention and make the funeral about himself, why bother going?

[link:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/barack-obama/obama-skip-nancy-reagan-s-funeral-attend-south-southwest-n534901|

President Barack Obama will not attend Nancy Reagan's funeral on Friday, opting instead to speak at a festival in Austin, Texas.

South by Southwest — an annual music, tech, and film gathering — announced last week that Obama would be the keynote speaker on March 11, and that Michelle Obama was scheduled to speak on March 16. It's the first time in the festival's 30-year history that a sitting president and first lady have participated.

One was a prearranged keynote speech - the other has the WH saying he won't attend for security reasons. And yet his wife will be there. Please compare like with like.

but we ought to compare like with like

One might ask, is the funeral of a former first lady more or less important than a speaking engagement? And had he cancelled would they understand?
There is so much big stuff to go after Trump for why screw around with this piddly stuff in comparison?

It is the excuse that is unacceptable - security is not an excuse at this funeral.

the third wife will be there, so it's not like there won't be any security.

the exception would be Eleanor Roosevelt's funeral which President Kennedy did attend (as did Truman, Eisenhower, LBJ, and their wives). They also all attended a lunch at John Roosevelt's home. (Funny story from "The Atlantic" on the 50th anniversary of Eleanor's death. The three presidents were standing in a corner talking "shop" when James Roosevelt's wife interrupted them by saying "Mr. President, your wife would like to see you now." They had to ask "Which Mr. President?" Turned out it was Bess Truman looking for Harry.)

Bill Clinton did not attend Jackie Kennedy's funeral Mass in NYC (Hillary did) but he did meet the plane when it landed in D.C. and attended the burial at Arlington.