The body of the late former US President George HW Bush is to be brought with the Air Force One from Texas to Washington. That said US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. With his delegation, he would first fly back to Washington on the Boeing 747. The presidential plane is then sent to Houston to transfer Bush's body to the US capital.

Trump called the gesture "a special honor, which he has earned very much". He wanted to leave on Saturday evening (local time) from Argentina. George HW Bush was President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. On Friday night, he died at the age of 94 in his home in Houston.

The corpse of Bush is to be laid from Monday at the US Capitol in Washington. That said, among other things, the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, with. On Monday at 17 clock local time a ceremony of both chambers of the US Parliament is planned. After that, citizens can say goodbye to the ex-president until Wednesday.

National Day of Mourning

Trump had declared National Day of Mourning next Wednesday because of Bush's death. Federal authorities remain closed on the day. Also on the US stock exchanges New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will take place in memory of Bush on Wednesday, no stock trading, said the two stock exchange operators.

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Trump had also ordered the flags at the White House, at all public buildings in the US and at US representations and military bases abroad to be half-mast for 30 days. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump would attend the Bush funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington. A state funeral in the US extends over several days.

According to historian Mark Updegrove, George HW Bush did not have a good opinion of Trump and did not vote for him in the presidential election in November 2016 - although Trump was the candidate of his Republican party. Trump stayed away from the memorial service for Bush's wife, Barbara, who died last April. Also in the funeral act for Republican Senator John McCain in September Trump did not participate: He was not invited.