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.

The pair paid tribute to former President Carter at his state funeral on Thursday, performing John Lennon's "Imagine."

WASHINGTON ― The current and former living U.S. presidents said goodbye to Jimmy Carter on Thursday, and in the process once again highlighted the contrast between former and soon-to-be President Donald Trump and all the others.

Donald Trump could learn a lot from the 39th president’s commitment to honesty, human rights, and self-improvement.

Thursday's service will cap off six days of remembrance for Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. After the funeral, Carter will return to Georgia to be buried in his hometown of Plains, next to his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.

Relationships rooted in politics are always complicated, but this one is a knotted web of loyalty, competition, ambition and loss.

One of the first calls Obama made after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 was to George W. Bush to spread the word that the mission had been accomplished, said Kate Andersen Brower, author of “Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump.”

"Former First Lady Michelle Obama is not in attendance at President Carter’s National Funeral Service,” Michelle's rep Crystal Carson added to People. “Mrs. Obama sends her thoughts and prayers to the Carter family, and everyone who loved and learned from the remarkable former president."

Jimmy Carter's casket arrived at Army Lawson Army Field in Columbus, Georgia, ahead of a service for his family at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.

Images of Carter and Kennedy illuminated the center’s walls, highlighting the years of collaboration and occasional rivalry between the two lawmakers.

Joshua Carter described President Jimmy Carter's legendary devotion to teaching Sunday school in Plains, Georgia, saying that people flocked from around the country to hear him speak.