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We saw the current president interacting with and not interacting with some of his predecessors. the president's attacks on not only president obama and the clintons, but also the bushes, made for an arrival that seemed to be somewhat uneasy for everyone. this day was about president george h.w. bush, however, not president trump, but it was hard not to notice his place in the presidents club. joining me now, cnn presidential historian tim neftali and nancy gibbs, co-oauthor of "the presidents club: inside the world's most exclusive fraternity." all the things we heard president bush eulogized...

Herbert walker bush if hillary clinton were president or if he had died during the obama administration, but it's the fact we have a president, someone in the white house right now, who doesn't embody these particular adjectives that these comments by the four eulogists were somehow viewed as subtweeting. i think it's a sign of the times that we live in. it shouldn't be unusual that we expect a president to be dignified and respectful of the office, but these days it's unusual. >> and to hold up truth and not lies, dignity, grace, all the things they talked about. >> but the president really p...

Presidents club. joining me now, cnn presidential historian tim naftali and nancy gibbs, co-author of "the presidents club: inside the world's most exclusive fraternity." all the things we heard president bush eulogized for, humility, dignity, his grace, i don't think any of it was meant as a rebuke of president trump, but it was hard not just simply by all the descriptives, out all the words and adjectives that were used to describe president bush, it was hard not to, for people to make comparisons. >> i don't doubt that those adjectives would have been used to describe president george herbe...

I think it's a sign of the times that we live in. it shouldn't be unusual that we expect a president to be dignified and respectful of the office, but these days it's unusual. >> and to hold up truth and not lies, dignity, grace, all the things they talked about. >> but the president really presents himself as an anti-president. he is explicitly disruptive of the office. on the other hand, george herbert walker bush loved the office and understood the office was bigger than himself. >> also after a life of public service, i mean, from the time he was in college, not getting deferments, he volu...