{"id":351840,"date":"2026-04-21T10:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/george-w-bush-opens-up-about-michelle-obama-friendship-and-that-altoid"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:53:53","slug":"george-w-bush-opens-up-about-michelle-obama-friendship-and-that-altoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/george-w-bush-opens-up-about-michelle-obama-friendship-and-that-altoid","title":{"rendered":"George W. Bush Opens Up About Michelle Obama Friendship, and That Altoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">George W. Bush<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Michelle Obama Friendship Is a Breath of Fresh Air<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-21T08:38:46-07:00\"><br \/>\n               April 21, 2026<br \/>\n              8:38 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-d34779cf3f4294c2832c2e4671398664\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5e8d328a-a34c-462a-814c-e1539c464b22-241262221-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-5e8d328a-a34c-462a-814c-e1539c464b22-241262221-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"America\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7f\/16by9\/2026\/04\/21\/7f35ecd0ff7d47138765e86726da9def_md.png\" alt=\"042126 george bush kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d34779cf3f4294c2832c2e4671398664--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-339ec18a85fdffec9a4243e1907de7f4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/george-w-bush\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>George W. Bush<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>is freshening up the story<strong> <\/strong>on that viral moment with Michelle Obama \u2026 and it\u2019s just as wholesome as it looked.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-339ec18a85fdffec9a4243e1907de7f4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-474f24b9e9590da552b79bc067095100\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Watch the clip \u2026 the former POTUS sat down with his daughter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jenna-bush\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jenna<\/strong> <strong>Bush<\/strong> <strong>Hager<\/strong><\/a>, for a &#8220;TODAY&#8221; exclusive tied to a History Channel event ahead of America&#8217;s 250th birthday &#8230; and the convo quickly turned to the Altoid heard &#8217;round the internet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-474f24b9e9590da552b79bc067095100--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d1f52d3838d21b0c3b06fd42453d8e43\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-code-block canvas-code-block-permalink canvas-code-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d1f52d3838d21b0c3b06fd42453d8e43--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d3c63e05ab9bd901d0c579ecf5220bb4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Rewinding to 2018, during the funeral for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/john-mccain\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>John<\/strong> <strong>McCain<\/strong><\/a>, Bush casually slipped a piece of candy to Michelle Obama \u2026 a blink-and-you-miss-it moment that somehow stole the spotlight during an otherwise somber day.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d3c63e05ab9bd901d0c579ecf5220bb4--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-de0872b1d75bcd19c71de532812641bc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Now, Bush is breaking it down \u2026 saying he gets \u201cantsy\u201d at those formal events and, since he says he sits next to Michelle at funerals, he ends up cracking jokes to pass the time. The mint exchange was not some grand punchline &#8230; just a low-key gesture. He figured she might want an Altoid. Simple as that.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-de0872b1d75bcd19c71de532812641bc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e2f4b9ec3d68e42e3fdb19bb8404850d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260421_7f73b2846f3144ec83a90def5d7b81bb\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3d7ae6aa-fd20-4c4e-aa1b-e4839bd617db\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7f\/4by3\/2026\/04\/21\/7f73b2846f3144ec83a90def5d7b81bb_md.png\" alt=\"michelle obama george w bush sub getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e2f4b9ec3d68e42e3fdb19bb8404850d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-be032cf888c65906404bf917d1539ce8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>But what happened next caught him completely off guard.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-be032cf888c65906404bf917d1539ce8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-74e090148dfe4203f24c48d8f19e77bd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bush says he hopped in the car afterward and was told he was \u201ctrending\u201d &#8230; a concept he admits he didn\u2019t even understand at the time. Turns out &#8230; the internet couldn\u2019t get enough of the unexpected buddy moment between a Republican ex-president and a Democratic former First Lady.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-74e090148dfe4203f24c48d8f19e77bd--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-56f1a6711c116e45a2d165938e416902\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260421_511cad45809d4db3b5de66c702f7fc9f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3d7ae6aa-fd20-4c4e-aa1b-e4839bd617db\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/51\/4by3\/2026\/04\/21\/511cad45809d4db3b5de66c702f7fc9f_md.png\" alt=\"michelle obama george w bush sub getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-56f1a6711c116e45a2d165938e416902--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c75445a097d1dca3628cb30108f638cb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In his words, the country\u2019s basically \u201cstarved\u201d to see people from opposite sides of the aisle actually get along &#8230; not as political enemies, but as regular humans sharing a quiet, lighthearted moment.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c75445a097d1dca3628cb30108f638cb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4f5aa8eeffc98679e1941b90b16a97f2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>And don\u2019t expect him to stop anytime soon &#8212; Bush made it clear he plans to keep that same energy going &#8212; Altoids and all.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4f5aa8eeffc98679e1941b90b16a97f2--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/21\/george-bush-on-friendship-with-michelle-obama\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George W. 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