‘After All He Did to Him’: Social Media Erupts As Video Emerges of Barack Obama, Donald Trump Laughing Together Months After President-Elect Threatened ‘Violence’ Against Michelle Obama 

Donald Trump and Barack Obama go way back, but no one would’ve expected the warm, friendly conversation the two appeared to share Thursday morning at the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter. After all, it was just two months ago that Trump asked the crowd at one of his rallies if he was allowed to “hit (Michelle Obama) now” after the former first lady delivered a devastating takedown of the Republican nominee in her speech to the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Former US President Barack Obama speaks with President-elect Donald Trump before the State Funeral Service for former US President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2025. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images) The relationship between the former presidents has been fraught with drama from the beginning of their rivalry. In the early 2010s, Trump emerged as a right-wing hero when he questioned the authenticity of Obama’s birth certificate. It was a conspiracy theory grounded in racism, and when the nation’s first Black president offered unassailable proof he was born in Hawaii, Trump was diminished and dismissed. But he wasn’t defeated. And Trump would have the last laugh after Obama decided to...