Twitter Erupts After Obama Makes Melania Trump Smile At Barbara Bush's Funeral | HuffPost

What did the former president say to the first lady?

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First lady Melania Trump attended the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush on Saturday without President Donald Trump, who was visiting one of his golf resorts in Florida.

Melania Trump was seated next to former President Barack Obama during the service, and at one point, the two shared a warm exchange that received plenty of attention on social media.

As organ music played and mourners thumbed through their programs, Obama leaned over and appeared to say something to Trump. Both briefly smiled ― and now, that moment has gone viral on Twitter:

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George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush

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President Gerald Ford (far right) and Barbara Bush watch as Justice Potter Stewart swears in George H.W. Bush as director of the CIA at the agency's Langley, Virginia, headquarters on Jan. 26, 1976. (credit:David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

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Vice President Bush holds a campaign rally on Chicago's North Side on Oct. 28, 1988, during his winning presidential run. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Getty Images)

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Vice President Bush holds a campaign rally in Chicago's 23rd Ward on Oct. 28, 1988. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Barbara Bush (second from left) sits in front of her son George W. Bush (far right) and granddaughters Jenna (third from right) and Barbara at the presidential inauguration of George H.W. Bush in January 1989. (credit:David Woo/Corbis/Getty Images)

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George H.W. Bush, then the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, sits with his wife and their daughter, Dorothy Walker Bush, in the family living room in Washington, D.C., in October 1971. (credit:Leonard McCombe/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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President-elect George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush visit the inaugural headquarters and look at a jar of jelly beans that are for sale on Dec. 19, 1988. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Corbis/Getty Images)

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Co-owner and managing general partner of the Texas Rangers George W. Bush (left) sits with his father and mother, as they attend a Texas Rangers game in Arlington, Texas, in the 1990s. (credit:Rich Pilling/MLB Photos/Getty Images)

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A formal portrait of President George H.W. Bush's family in the White House on Jan. 21, 1989. (credit:David Valdez/White House/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Vice President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush pose at the vice president's residence circa 1983 in Washington, D.C. (credit:David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

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Barbara Bush greets her husband with a kiss after his successful skydive down to St. Anne's Episcopal Church on June 12, 2014, in Kennebunkport, Maine. (credit:Eric Shea/Getty Images)

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King Hussein ibn Talal and Queen Noor of Jordan chat with Vice President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush in the 1980s. (credit:Cynthia Johnson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

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Barbara Bush, first lady Nancy Reagan, President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush gather at the vice president's residence in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 23, 1981. (credit:David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

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George H.W. and Barbara Bush celebrate with an unidentified man at an Iowa event during the future president's unsuccessful run for the Republican presidential nomination in January 1980. (credit:Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images)

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Vice President George H.W. Bush speaks at an event, with Barbara Bush in the background, in Washington, D.C., circa 1983. (credit:David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

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Former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush enjoy a night at the park. The Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on a 3-hit shutout by pitcher Roy Oswalt. (credit:Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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Barbara Bush stands next to President George H.W. Bush outside the South Portico diplomatic entrance to the White House as they wait the arrival of Prime Minister Anibal Cavacu Silva of Portugal on Jan. 11, 1990. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Getty Images)

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Former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush attend a portrait unveiling at the George Bush Library in College Station, Texas, on April 21, 2003. (credit:Joe Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush. (credit:Jeffrey Markowitz/Getty Images)

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President George H.W. Bush returns to the White House from Camp David, via Marine One, and lands on the South Lawn in Washington, D.C., on June 28, 1992. (credit:Mark Reinstein/Getty Images)

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First lady Laura Bush (left) greets her in-laws, former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, at the Republican National Convention in New York on Sept. 2, 2004. (credit:Dennis Brack/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

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Former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush smile as they are introduced at his 80th birthday celebration at Minute Maid Stadium on June 12, 2004, in Houston, Texas. (credit:Brett Coomer/Getty Images)

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George and Barbara Bush applaud during the evening session of day one of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 30, 2004, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (credit:Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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President-elect George W. Bush (right) sits in the audience with (from left) Vice President-elect Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush during the Laura Bush Celebrates America's Authors program on Jan. 19, 2001, in Washington, D.C. (credit:Ron T. Ennis/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Getty Images)

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George H.W. and Barbara Bush wave with their granddaughters Barbara (center left) and Jenna, as they walk through the Capitol Hill Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2005. (credit:ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (left) meets with George H.W. and Barbara Bush at the former president's office on March 29, 2012, in Houston. (credit:Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

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George H.W. and Barbara Bush walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Jan. 1, 2007, in Washington, D.C. (credit:BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

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George H.W. and Barbara Bush point from their seats on day two of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center on Sept. 2, 2008, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (credit:Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Former President Bill Clinton (left), former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush stand for the National Anthem at the Points of Light Institute Tribute to George H.W. Bush at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on March 21, 2011, in Washington, D.C. (credit:Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

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George H.W. and Barbara Bush attend a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on April 25, 2010, in Houston. (credit:Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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Former President George H.W. Bush escorts Barbara Bush to the christening ceremony of the USS George H.W. Bush at Northrop Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, on Oct. 7, 2006. (credit:Brooks Kraft/Getty Images)

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Former first lady Barbara Bush and former President George W. Bush help former President George H.W. Bush rise during the opening ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013, in Dallas, Texas. (credit:Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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George H.W. and Barbara Bush attend the HBO Documentary special screening of "41," a film about him, on June 12, 2012, in Kennebunkport, Maine. (credit:Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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George H.W. Bush throws out the ceremonial first pitch to Jed Lowrie of the Houston Astros, as Barbara Bush looks on, prior to game three of the American League Division Series between the Astros and the Kansas City Royals at Minute Maid Park on Oct. 11, 2015, in Houston. (credit:Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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Barbara and George H.W. Bush hold up their hands at the Republican presidential primary debate sponsored by CNN and Telemundo at the University of Houston on Feb. 25, 2016. (credit:Bob Levey/Telemundo/Getty Images)

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Former President George W. Bush laughs with his father, George H.W. Bush, at the dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library on the campus of Southern Methodist University on April 25, 2013, in Dallas. On the left are first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama and former first lady Barbara Bush. On the right is former first lady Laura Bush. (credit:Brooks Kraft/Corbis/Getty Images)

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George H.W. and Barbara Bush meet with tenor Andrea Bocelli and wife Veronica Bocelli before his concert at the Toyota Center on Dec. 11, 2016, in Houston. (credit:Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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George H. W. and Barbara Bush listen as their son George W. Bush talks about his new book, 41: A Portrait of My Father, during an event at the Bush Library at Texas A&M University in 2014. (credit:Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis/Getty Images)

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George H.W. Bush waves while standing with his wife Barbara and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Hudner Jr. (left) during a tribute to veterans at the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York on Aug. 30, 2004. (credit:Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

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George H. W. and Barbara Bush bow their heads before the American flag-draped casket with the remains of former President Ronald Reagan, which lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2004. (credit:Mannie Garcia/Reuters)

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George H.W. and Barbara Bush watch the Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am before the start of the AT&T National PGA golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 4, 2007. (credit:Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

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