Barbara Bush: "I'm sick of" Donald Trump

Her distaste for Trump reportedly began as early as 1990, when she referred to him as the "the real symbol of greed in the 80s." Two years later she dissed both Trump and his then-wife, Ivana, writing that their last name "now means greed, selfishness and ugly. So sad."Show more

Yet despite her public distaste for the president -- a man whom she said in 2016 she was "sick of," as seen in the video below -- Trump showed her respect by respecting her wishes that he not attend her funeral. Instead he sent his wife, first lady Melania Trump, as his veritable emissary.