Bush Jr. is "shocked" by the Americans' reaction to his friendship with Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama embraces George Bush with her husband and Laura Bush next to them.
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Former US President George W. Bush said that he was "shocked" by the Americans' reactions to his friendship with Michelle Obama. In an interview with CNN, Bush touched on people's reactions to his public interactions with the former first lady, and that this caused A real "shock" to him. The former president recalled the unforgettable moment when Obama hugged him at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, as well as their interaction at the funeral of the late Senator, John McCain, in 2018, when he presented her with a mint candy. Bush added, "The American people were surprised that Mrs. Michelle Obama and I could be friends," adding, "Americans have become so polarized in their thinking that they cannot imagine George W. Bush and Michelle Obama being friends." "It was a friendship," asserts former first lady Laura Bush.
In the same interview, Bush called on Congress to reduce "harsh rhetoric" on immigration, adding that he hoped this would lead to "defining a more respectful discourse" for immigrants and lead to further policy change in this regard. Bush issued a new book on immigrants entitled " Of the many, one: pictures of America's immigrants. ”The former president said that the book does not change politics, but added that it has a“ small voice ”among people trying to move towards change.
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