Overview

• Melania Trump presided over a White House ceremony unveiling a commemorative stamp honoring Barbara Bush’s legacy of public service and advocacy.
• Dorothy Bush Koch, Barbara Bush’s daughter, gave a speech about her mother and participated in the unveiling alongside other family members, including Neil Bush.
• George W. Bush and Jeb Bush were invited but did not attend the event; their reasons for declining remain undisclosed.
• The absence of the former president and his brother underscores longstanding personal and political tensions between the Bush and Trump families.
• Barbara Bush, who distanced herself from the Republican Party in 2018, was openly critical of Donald Trump’s leadership, a sentiment shared indirectly by her son George W. Bush.