New Book Reveals What Obama And 'conqueror' Trump Chatted About In Viral Moment During Carter's Funeral

President Donald Trump and erstwhile President Barack Obama chatted astir play during a viral infinitesimal of bipartisanship during erstwhile President Jimmy Carter's ceremonial successful January, conscionable days earlier Trump's return to nan Oval Office, a caller book detailing nan unprecedented 2024 predetermination rhythm reported. 

Trump and Obama were seen smiling and softly chatting pinch 1 different successful nan pews of nan Washington National Cathedral connected Jan. 9, 2025, successful a infinitesimal that dispersed for illustration wildfire connected societal media arsenic Americans sounded disconnected pinch speculation complete what nan brace of presidents who had agelong traded governmental barbs were talking about. 

"2024: How Trump Retook nan White House and nan Democrats Lost America," which was released Tuesday, said that Trump arrived successful Washington for Carter's ceremonial arsenic a "conqueror" pursuing nan November 2024 predetermination and sat adjacent to Obama for nan ceremonial service. 

"He’d attended Jimmy Carter’s funeral, stepping into Washington not arsenic a scourge but arsenic a conqueror," nan book reported of Trump. "He could disregard nan reside connected characteristic by nan outgoing president, and nan acold enarthrosis from nan vice president he’d defeated."

"Instead he sat adjacent to Barack Obama and invited him to play golf, enticing him pinch descriptions of Trump’s courses astir nan world," nan book continued of nan pair's conversation. "He was nary longer an anomaly. He was being treated for illustration an American president. He wanted to beryllium remembered arsenic a awesome one."

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Former President Barack Obama, left, speaks pinch then-President-elect Donald Trump during President Jimmy Carter's ceremonial astatine nan Washington National Cathedral successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 9, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump and Obama were seated adjacent different high-profile erstwhile U.S. leaders, including erstwhile President George W. Bush, erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence, erstwhile President Bill Clinton, erstwhile first woman and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, arsenic good arsenic then-President Joe Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Details person been revealed astir erstwhile President Barack Obama's friends chat pinch President Donald Trump during erstwhile President Jimmy Carter's funeral. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

Social media commenters astatine nan clip remarked that footage and video clips of nan brace were unexpected, and others joked that Obama whitethorn person voted for Trump contempt years of nan brace trading governmental barbs. 

"Trump and Obama sitting adjacent to each different was not connected nan 2025 bingo card," 1 societal media personification posted to X successful January. 

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"Did Obama ballot for Trump too?!" Clay Travis, laminitis of sports and authorities commentary level OutKick, joked astatine nan time. 

The friends relationship betwixt nan 2 presidents during President Jimmy Carter's ceremonial lit up societal media successful January up of then-President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. (Getty Images)

"We request articulator readers to spot what Trump said to make Obama laugh," different person posted to X successful January. 

Trump was asked astir nan viral infinitesimal up of his inauguration, remarking that he "didn't recognize really friends it looked."

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"I said, 'Boy, they look for illustration 2 group that for illustration each other.' And we astir apt do," Trump added astatine nan time. "We person a small different philosophies, right? But we astir apt do. I don't know. We conscionable sewage along. But I sewage on pinch conscionable astir everybody."

Fox News Digital's Kristine Parks contributed to this report.