Three days after the Jan. 6 anniversary, with its indelible images of costumed rioters running amok in the Capitol, former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral service in the National Cathedral presented a historical picture of a different kind, one that spoke not of upended norms, but of preservation and strength.
It was a picture, unofficial but nevertheless sure to be memorialized and parsed for years, both because of its occasion and its rarity, of President-elect Donald J. Trump and his wife, Melania, seated next to President Barack Obama, who was seated next to George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, who were next to Bill and Hillary Clinton. All of them sat a row behind President Biden and Jill Biden, and all them wore remarkably similar dark suits, ties in shades of black to sky blue, and black suits and coats.
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