Ford said he and Carter agreed the US should more directly take on “the Palestinian issue” in order to work toward lasting peace in the Middle East. That ruffled feathers in Washington, according to Ford’s remarks, written so many years ago. It also feels today like a warning that was not sufficiently heeded by the US government.

DONALD Trump has spoken out about his surprising bromance with former president Barack Obama after the pair cracked jokes at Jimmy Carter’s funeral. The 44th and 45th presidents were seen

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A state funeral is a gathering of the Washington clans, a convocation of the very establishment that Trump has pledged to destroy in his second term. Carter was not a clubbable man and his self-conscious piety was sometimes an irritant for his successors. He was the uneasiest member of the ex-president’s club apart from Trump.

But, given that Ford—who died in 2006—was 11 years older than Carter, he previously tapped his son Steven Ford to read ... presidents—Biden, Trump, Obama, Clinton and Bush—gathered ...

Former President Barack Obama ... the promise. Ford died in December 2006, and Carter did speak at his predecessor’s funeral in January 2007. Ford’s son, the actor Steven Ford, delivered ...

After a family funeral, the 39th president will be buried beside his wife at their home in Plains, Ga. President Biden, one of the five living presidents who attended Mr. Carter’s state funeral earlier Thursday in Washington,

President Joe Biden, President-elect Donald Trump, former presidents and other dignitaries came together Thursday to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

As they filed into the front pews at Washington National Cathedral, wearing dark suits and mostly solemn faces, five current and former presidents came together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

Thursday concluded six days of national rites that began in Plains, where Carter, a former Naval officer, engineer and peanut farmer, was born in 1924, lived most of his life and died after 22 months in hospice care.

Carter was celebrated for his personal humility and public service before, during and after his presidency during a funeral at Washington National Cathedral featuring the kind of pageantry he typically eschewed.

Thursday's services capped six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Following the honors in Washington, it was his wish to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.