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Inauguration 2025: Why This George W. Bush Moment Is Going Viral
Jenna Bush Hager had a fewer thoughts astir her dad’s latest viral moment.
While Donald Trump was being sworn successful arsenic the 47th President of the United States astatine the Jan. 20 inauguration ceremony, George W. Bush’s animated facial expressions rapidly garnered attraction online. And it turns out, it wasn’t just the net captivated by the moment.
"You each already guessed what infinitesimal has been blowing up our household radical chat," Jenna said connected the Jan. 21 occurrence of Today. "Yeah, my dada went viral for these cutaway shots during yesterday's broadcast. The internet's obsessed with this small grin and goofy expression."
Along with trying to incorporate his laughter with a playful grin, the erstwhile president—who was joined by erstwhile First Lady Laura Bush—was seen darting his eyes from broadside to side, raising his eyebrows and adjacent winking. But, according to the Jenna & Friends anchor, helium cannot beryllium held solely liable for his meme-worthy actions.
"You guys, you can't conscionable blasted him,” the 43-year-old explained, “because it looks similar my dada was besides seated adjacent to a atrocious influence.”
“Take a look astatine what erstwhile President Barack Obama had to say,” she continued earlier playing a clip of the 44th president joking to reporters that Bush was not going to behave during the ceremony. "I conscionable emotion however erstwhile they're together, they go antithetic friends."
Even aft the ceremony, when helium was asked if helium had behaved himself, Obama responded with, “Just barely.”
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As for what the remainder of the Bush household was doing portion Obama and Bush were attending the ceremonial successful the Capitol Rotunda? Jenna—who shares kids Mila, 11, Poppy, 9, and Hal, 5, with hubby Henry Hager—was watching astatine location with her family. But the parent of 3 admitted that their absorption was chiefly connected 1 of their own.
"You cognize erstwhile you're watching your kid's vacation performance oregon immoderate and, if you're honest, you don't truly attraction astir the full scene,” Jenna said, “you're conscionable zooming successful close connected your kid.”
“That's a small spot astir however we ticker an inauguration successful my family,” she added. “I'm like, 'What's happening with the parents?'”
After all, Jenna recovered that her begetter "goes viral for fundamentally anything.”
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“He didn't bash anything,” she quipped, “I mean, that's what his look looks like."
And possibly Jenna was onto something, arsenic the 43rd president had different viral infinitesimal astatine Jimmy Carter’s funeral little than a period ago—and it erstwhile again progressive her dad’s “bad influence.”
As helium entered the Washington National Cathedral connected Jan. 9, Bush gave Obama a affable pat connected the bellywhile squeezing by him to instrumentality his seat. And, of course, the enactment did numbers connected societal media, with galore delighted by the narration betwixt the Bushes and the Obamas.
But each things considered, Jenna applauded her begetter for being overall, “very good behaved.”
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