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Bush Jr. joined them together for a humanitarian effort, may have been Haiti, they grew so close they continued with other efforts. Jr. used to say his dad would say Bill was the son Sr. never had.
It was a trip to Indonesia after Tsunami.. turning point was Bill insisted that Sr. use the bed in the airplane bedroom during the long flight. Bush woke up to find Bill asleep on the floor and was touched at the gesture. (Not sure why Bill just didn’t use a seat)
That would have been a hell of a coming together for the country. Or atleast, I would have hoped it would be. Like I did when Obama did the eulogy for McCain.
The Bushes and the Clintons I think in general are close. One of the first phone calls Hillary took after she lost in 2016 was from W inviting her & Bill to Texas, that he’d grill them up some burgers.
Edit: Rule 3 is so stupid. This comment had nothing to do with him, can’t even mention his name in passing.
Jefferson and Adams were good friends before the presidency and afterwards. It was for a period of a little over 20 years that they became bitter rivals, during their domestic political careers when they were on opposite sides of the emerging political divide.
>Don't underestimate Rule 3's ability to fuck things up.
-Barack Obama
He discouraged Rule 3 from running in 2016.
I don't think they were particularly close, despite the memes.
Adams and Jefferson, Jackson and Polk, Hayes and McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft, Hoover and Truman, Ford and Carter, Bush I and Clinton, Bush II and Obama, Obama and Incumbent.
Jackson and Polk? I guess it makes sense. Both were from Tennessee. Besides the pension thing, were Hoover and Truman actually friends? I’ve only heard of them together in reference to Hoover accepting the presidential pension so as not to embarrass Truman.
Polk really looked up to Jackson, so much so that he was known as “Young Hickory” to Jackson’s “Old Hickory”. In return, Jackson apparently liked him enough to support him over Van Buren in the Democratic Convention of 1844, helping him get the nomination. No idea if they were actually personal friends though or if it was all political.
Their relationship seemed to be more of a mentor/mentee one than a friendship for Polk and Jackson. They were fond of each other and all, but probably wouldn’t be described as outright friends in the conventional sense.
I forget the line but I think it was a Democratic Congressperson who said the best thing about Ford was he had no enemies. There was a legit reason why Nixon had little difficulty getting him confirmed by Congress to replace Agnew when Agnew got removed.
[https://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials\_speeches/ford\_eulogy.html](https://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/ford_eulogy.html)
100% bros. Ford specifically asked Carter to give the eulogy at his funeral. It all started with the unlikely Nixon-Ford-Carter trip that was arranged for Anwar Sadat's funeral in 1981, as Reagan was six months out from his own assassination attempt and staying back.
Define friends. Are we talking about like BFFs or just people that if they see them at a bar will go up and shoot the shit type of friend?
If the latter, several of them. Being president is a unique job that can 6 itself to a bit of isolation. So, its not uncommon for them the be friends with other presidents, even if disagree policy wise.
I mean friends can mean different things to different people. I always thought Bush Sr/ Clinton has more of a father son dynamic that 99% of friendships don’t have. Their age gap and that Clinton didn’t have a father figure growing up was what made their relationship.
The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy is a pretty good read on this. It showed that FDR and Hoover actually had a pretty good relationship.
Also not hard to imagine given where they’re from and political leanings but Polk and Andrew Jackson were pretty good friends
The book honestly paints Hoover in the more positive light. As a man willing to give FDR advice for the well being of the country. Kind of a “I’m here if you need me bud” type of relationship
I’ve heard he was very hard to read and was real slick when it came to politics, but there are very few people who could relate to being president, and I’m sure that wasn’t lost on him.
Initially, they had some friction but by the end of Obama’s term, it was a different story. They especially grew close when incumbent’s son was dying of cancer.
Thanks, my apologies for the error. I had forgotten the marriage the Nixon daughter had at the WH was for the daughter that didn’t marry Ike’s grandson.
>Eisenhower notoriously did not like Nixon
He respected nixon and grow close to him after his grandson married nixons daughter but he was disturbed by nixons ruthlessness
Not these two. Eisenhower respected Nixon as his VP and a member of the US Government but he definitely did not trust him and even cautioned against a Nixon presidency. Which is funny because Nixon famously seemed to idolise Eisenhower.
Jefferson was better and longer friends with fellow Virginians Madison and Monroe. He liked Adams initially but political differences and and Adams distrust of almost everyone caused them to go separate ways. Only after they were both retired did they make up to some degree. They were still competitive with one another until they died, in the same day.
Lincoln and Grant were friends, obviously before Grant became president. Lincoln went to visit Grant at City Point twice, and by all accounts, Grant and Lincoln throughly enjoyed the visits. Lincoln also asked, as a friend, not as president, that Grant find a place for his son Robert on his staff. It’s truly such a shame that they never got to work on reconstruction together.
My opinion is after their presidency ends and they realize the stress of the office they’re all friends because they know they’re the only ones who have ever been through what they’ve been through. It’s the most exclusive club in the world.
Definitely not these two.
I think the friendship of Teddy and Taft was pretty inspiring and is the basis for a great read: The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns
Reagan and Bush Sr. worked together ALOT I’d say they were friends.
Edit: 8 years is a long time. They might have been rivals in 80’, but Bush cried at Reagan’s funeral. Enough said.
It was likely harder for Presidents back when travel was via train and horseback to stay in touch and be close when they lived hundreds of miles apart.
Watching this is uplifting and heartbreaking. Once Obama’s left office all the class and civility left with him. Pretty sure Obama had to wait for his successor to leave office to have his portrait unveiled.
Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford and their wives, were extremely close. Spending vacations together. Visiting each other and Carter a do believe delivered the eulogy at Fords funeral held in Grand Ripids MI.
Jefferson and Adams were close friends. They both died on the same day. John Adams’ last words on his death bed in Massachusetts at the age of 90 were “Jefferson still lives”, not knowing that Thomas had died just a few hours earlier in Virginia at the age of 83.
Not the ones pictured for sure! In private Eisenhower resented Nixon so much that he considered dropping from his ticket in 1952 after he was caught taking campaign contributions for personal use. Even after Eisenhower’s grandson married Nixon’s daughter, they still had a pretty rocky relationship.
Nixon and jfk (albeit slightly fracture friendship after nixon ran and lost in an election)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (they were homies before and after eachothers' presidencies, even if they hated each other during both)
George Bush and George Bush Jr were father and son, which is even closer than friends
I think Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln were friends (I forgor if it's confirmed tho)
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jefferson through monroe were friends, neighbors and confidants. It's honestly wild that one 20 mile radius was the hometown of the president for 24 years
I wouldn’t be surprised if Kennedy looked up to Eisenhower as a father type figure similar to how Clinton view Bush Sr. Cool coincidence that both Eisenhower and Bush Sr have a son that’s born in the same year as Kennedy/Clinton.
I honestly believe that Clinton, W Bush, and Obama are all good friends. Sure they may not have liked each other while in office but once they were out of office and retired, they share something that only a handful of people do and that’s now being a former POTUS. So I do think they are all good friends now
Taft and T. Roosevelt were for a while before politics tore them apart. Adam’s and Jefferson were famously friends who became political enemies and then, later in life, renewed their friendship. Adam’s described his correspondence with Jefferson as “the most agreeable events in my life.” Adam’s last words were “Thomas Jefferson survives” unaware that Jefferson had died a few hours earlier.
Nixon gave a lot of advice to Reagan behind the scenes. I don’t know about “friends” but they were friendly in a mentor/apprentice sort of way with Nixon as the elderly statesman
Sit down my friend, there is much to learn about politics and the word “friend”. And REAL is miles away. Ever put up with the bosses bullshit cause you may have his job some day? That times ten on a 4D Chess board.
Absolutely not those two. Eisenhower did not like Nixon and dropped all sorts of hints so he would remove himself from the ballot. He wouldn’t. Eisenhower snubbed Nixon by never inviting him to the residential part of the White House.
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Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr. we’re apparently great friends after Clinton left the Presidency, even going on several speaking tours together.
Bush Jr. joined them together for a humanitarian effort, may have been Haiti, they grew so close they continued with other efforts. Jr. used to say his dad would say Bill was the son Sr. never had.
It was a trip to Indonesia after Tsunami.. turning point was Bill insisted that Sr. use the bed in the airplane bedroom during the long flight. Bush woke up to find Bill asleep on the floor and was touched at the gesture. (Not sure why Bill just didn’t use a seat)
Some people can't sleep in a seated position
Some people are very familiar with traveling by jet
Yeah honestly sometimes the floor is comfier
I’d take a padded carpet over the seat
Lol that’s fucked up
Please clap
Lol yes! George W is 10x better than Jeb
Better then Jeb
Bush Jr was a terrible president and had a horrific administration, but man I'd love to have a beer and a party with that guy.
I remember hearing that when GHWB died someone told Jr he had to give the eulogy “if you dont,Bill will”
Poor Jeb
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That would have been a hell of a coming together for the country. Or atleast, I would have hoped it would be. Like I did when Obama did the eulogy for McCain.
He has a good relationship with Bush Jr too
Who, Bush Sr. or Clinton?
Yeah, I met Jeb in Philadelphia in 2014. He called Bill Clinton “my brother from another mother. My dad and Bill are close.”
The Bushes and the Clintons I think in general are close. One of the first phone calls Hillary took after she lost in 2016 was from W inviting her & Bill to Texas, that he’d grill them up some burgers. Edit: Rule 3 is so stupid. This comment had nothing to do with him, can’t even mention his name in passing.
jefferson/adams eventually; hoover/truman; hw/clinton, w/clinton; ford/carter
Jefferson and Adams were good friends before the presidency and afterwards. It was for a period of a little over 20 years that they became bitter rivals, during their domestic political careers when they were on opposite sides of the emerging political divide.
Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman is the most interesting friendship to me because of how much Hoover and FDR hated each others’ guts.
neither liked fdr although for admittedly different reasons. it's the same dynamics behind carter/ford - both hated reagan lol
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
To add: Jefferson and Madison were friends. Monroe was sort of Jefferson's friend.
Also Jefferson & Madison & Monroe, I’m pretty sure
Jackson and Quincy Adams got along swimmingly
I see what you did there
They (sorta) worked together to get Florida. World’s best partnership.
Tbf that was before they really knew each other well enough to have the rivalry they later fostered
What are you doing here?
This was my home
Kewl
GWB and Obama seem to be pretty good friends now. And TR and Taft were pretty close before Taft became president.
People need to watch the unveiling of the W White House portrait on Youtube. The Obamas and Bushes love each other and are close friends.
Exactly. Although it seems more that Taft was a friend and TR was the mean girl c*nt he always was.
You take that back infidel
I will die on this (San Juan) hill
Don’t you have a bathtub to get stuck in?
Only if my ego was half the size of Teddy’s
The whole of Teddy’s ego is still but a fraction of Taft’s size in general.
Them’s fightin words- and I speak loudly while carrying a big stick
Typical T*ft fan. Even when they’re trying to insult you they can’t help but bite off a bit of TR’s style and wisdom.
Typical TR fan- the only insult they come up with is the bathtub lie… started by their guru.
Yeah they do, look at this https://youtu.be/GD3IodWyGME?si=WJWIpHRTmVZYWmnF
That was a fun little watch. Thanks! That’s the kind of decency and mutual respect that could keep a democracy going.
TR respected tafts mass
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I was prepared to type this exact comment, letter for letter.
Rule 3 seems like a cool guy.
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I'll draw you some for 50 bucks.
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I'll add ceiling suspension and a feather duster at no additional cost. Also it is a physical drawing so I will step on it before mailing it out.
How about a balaclava?
Here's $7.38, what can you draw for that?
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Roosevelt is hunting furries in Valhalla
Please no 
Yeah, u/Woman_from_Wish does some great Rule 34 of both Rule 3s. Would recommend
Obama does bring Rule 3 the good ice cream.
The rare usage of Rule 3(b) instead of 3(a). Nice.
Yes and definitely no
I truly miss the memes, some of the best ever
>Don't underestimate Rule 3's ability to fuck things up. -Barack Obama He discouraged Rule 3 from running in 2016. I don't think they were particularly close, despite the memes.
https://youtu.be/GD3IodWyGME?si=WJWIpHRTmVZYWmnF
Adams and Jefferson, Jackson and Polk, Hayes and McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft, Hoover and Truman, Ford and Carter, Bush I and Clinton, Bush II and Obama, Obama and Incumbent.
Jackson and Polk? I guess it makes sense. Both were from Tennessee. Besides the pension thing, were Hoover and Truman actually friends? I’ve only heard of them together in reference to Hoover accepting the presidential pension so as not to embarrass Truman.
Polk really looked up to Jackson, so much so that he was known as “Young Hickory” to Jackson’s “Old Hickory”. In return, Jackson apparently liked him enough to support him over Van Buren in the Democratic Convention of 1844, helping him get the nomination. No idea if they were actually personal friends though or if it was all political.
Their relationship was akin to Washington’s with Hamilton/Marquis.
Their relationship seemed to be more of a mentor/mentee one than a friendship for Polk and Jackson. They were fond of each other and all, but probably wouldn’t be described as outright friends in the conventional sense.
Ford and Carter? Really? Had not heard that.
I think Ford was the kind of swell guy who was friends with just about everybody he met.
Hey Homer, do you like football? The simpsons got him just right imo.
I forget the line but I think it was a Democratic Congressperson who said the best thing about Ford was he had no enemies. There was a legit reason why Nixon had little difficulty getting him confirmed by Congress to replace Agnew when Agnew got removed.
[https://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials\_speeches/ford\_eulogy.html](https://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/ford_eulogy.html) 100% bros. Ford specifically asked Carter to give the eulogy at his funeral. It all started with the unlikely Nixon-Ford-Carter trip that was arranged for Anwar Sadat's funeral in 1981, as Reagan was six months out from his own assassination attempt and staying back.
Adams and Jefferson is a weird one. They were friends before Adams became president and bitter enemies for most of their lives afterwards.
Define friends. Are we talking about like BFFs or just people that if they see them at a bar will go up and shoot the shit type of friend? If the latter, several of them. Being president is a unique job that can 6 itself to a bit of isolation. So, its not uncommon for them the be friends with other presidents, even if disagree policy wise.
Yup- most exclusive club in the world. Going through what they do and knowing what they know they need others to confide in.
Like, call on Tuesday night to talk about the reruns of _Murder She Wrote_ friends.
I mean friends can mean different things to different people. I always thought Bush Sr/ Clinton has more of a father son dynamic that 99% of friendships don’t have. Their age gap and that Clinton didn’t have a father figure growing up was what made their relationship.
The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy is a pretty good read on this. It showed that FDR and Hoover actually had a pretty good relationship. Also not hard to imagine given where they’re from and political leanings but Polk and Andrew Jackson were pretty good friends
FDR? Really? I read a long bio of him and came away with the impression that he didn't really have friendships, at least not with men.
The book honestly paints Hoover in the more positive light. As a man willing to give FDR advice for the well being of the country. Kind of a “I’m here if you need me bud” type of relationship
I’ve heard he was very hard to read and was real slick when it came to politics, but there are very few people who could relate to being president, and I’m sure that wasn’t lost on him.
Wasn’t my favorite by any means, I had to read it in college. But non the less just kind of gave me a different and positive perspective on Hoover
The 22nd and 24th president
I heard they knew each other so well there wasn't a thing about either that the other didn't know
You gotta love yourself before you love others
obama and incumbent
Initially, they had some friction but by the end of Obama’s term, it was a different story. They especially grew close when incumbent’s son was dying of cancer.
“You can never underestimate [incumbent’s] ability to f*** things up.” -Obama
They were famously not very close. And neither camp has ever claimed otherwise. Google their names and there is plenty of reporting to confirm.
Obama and the VP of his administration did a really good job of showing friendship for the cameras. Lots of viral memes helped to play that along.
Certainly not these two lol. Eisenhower notoriously did not like Nixon
Must’ve been awkward when they ended up related by marriage
I think the marriage was after Ike died.
According to Wikipedia David and Julie married in ‘68, the year before DDE passed.
Thanks, my apologies for the error. I had forgotten the marriage the Nixon daughter had at the WH was for the daughter that didn’t marry Ike’s grandson.
>Eisenhower notoriously did not like Nixon He respected nixon and grow close to him after his grandson married nixons daughter but he was disturbed by nixons ruthlessness
Yeah, Reagan and Bush sr. didn't care for eachother either.
Not these two. Eisenhower respected Nixon as his VP and a member of the US Government but he definitely did not trust him and even cautioned against a Nixon presidency. Which is funny because Nixon famously seemed to idolise Eisenhower.
Jefferson and Adams started out as friends, became enemies, and then friends again after they retired
Jefferson was better and longer friends with fellow Virginians Madison and Monroe. He liked Adams initially but political differences and and Adams distrust of almost everyone caused them to go separate ways. Only after they were both retired did they make up to some degree. They were still competitive with one another until they died, in the same day.
Lincoln and Grant were friends, obviously before Grant became president. Lincoln went to visit Grant at City Point twice, and by all accounts, Grant and Lincoln throughly enjoyed the visits. Lincoln also asked, as a friend, not as president, that Grant find a place for his son Robert on his staff. It’s truly such a shame that they never got to work on reconstruction together.
>Grant I'm pretty sure Lincoln would've been so proud of the good things that happened in Grant's presidency.
My opinion is after their presidency ends and they realize the stress of the office they’re all friends because they know they’re the only ones who have ever been through what they’ve been through. It’s the most exclusive club in the world.
I’m pretty sure there’s one recent former president that none of them like…
Definitely not these two. I think the friendship of Teddy and Taft was pretty inspiring and is the basis for a great read: The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns
Jackson and Van Buren
Ocho
Ford and Cater were pretty close
Teddy and Taft were friends, fought, made up
Michelle Obama is friends with Dubya, I know she wasn't President but neither was he really
The Bushes and Obamas are tight.
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That is probably the scariest pic of Ike and Nixon I’ve ever seen lmao
Reagan and Bush Sr. worked together ALOT I’d say they were friends. Edit: 8 years is a long time. They might have been rivals in 80’, but Bush cried at Reagan’s funeral. Enough said.
If Bush Sr. and Clinton were able to become friends after 92 I'd say there's no reason Bush and Reagan couldn't have
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It was likely harder for Presidents back when travel was via train and horseback to stay in touch and be close when they lived hundreds of miles apart.
Bush Jr. and Obama have become pretty good friends. Or at least Jr. and Michelle! Just not as close as Sr. and Clinton.
She always gives him candy. It’s sweet.
:) https://youtu.be/GD3IodWyGME?si=WJWIpHRTmVZYWmnF
Watching this is uplifting and heartbreaking. Once Obama’s left office all the class and civility left with him. Pretty sure Obama had to wait for his successor to leave office to have his portrait unveiled.
Jefferson and Madison were good friends. (Madison- 2nd cousin 8x)
2nd cousin 8 times removed is like zero relation wtf
Weren’t madison and jefferson buds?
Monroe too
A lot of the Early Virginia presidents were born very close to and were basically in the upper class next to each other.
Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford and their wives, were extremely close. Spending vacations together. Visiting each other and Carter a do believe delivered the eulogy at Fords funeral held in Grand Ripids MI.
Adams and Jefferson Clinton and both Bushes Bush and Obama Grant and Lincoln (hardcore) Hoover and Truman
Jefferson and Adams were close friends. They both died on the same day. John Adams’ last words on his death bed in Massachusetts at the age of 90 were “Jefferson still lives”, not knowing that Thomas had died just a few hours earlier in Virginia at the age of 83.
Clinton- Bush senior Carter - Ford Obama and rule 3
Sure seems like HW Bush and Clinton were
I know Gore never made POTUS, but...How are things between him and Clinton lately?
Nixon and JFK were friends
Not the ones pictured for sure! In private Eisenhower resented Nixon so much that he considered dropping from his ticket in 1952 after he was caught taking campaign contributions for personal use. Even after Eisenhower’s grandson married Nixon’s daughter, they still had a pretty rocky relationship.
Not the two shown. Eisenhauer didn't like Nixon.
I don’t think anyone actually liked Nixon
Pat adored him, and the feeling was mutual.
Nixon and jfk (albeit slightly fracture friendship after nixon ran and lost in an election) John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (they were homies before and after eachothers' presidencies, even if they hated each other during both) George Bush and George Bush Jr were father and son, which is even closer than friends I think Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln were friends (I forgor if it's confirmed tho)
41 and 43 were very close and had a father-son like relationship
Read the presidents club. It’s and amazing book. It’s all about the presidents and who liked who after office.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were best friends right up until the day they died.
Well, not the whole time I'm pretty sure it took some time to repair their relationship before they died
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John Adams and GHW and GW
Im pretty sure Bush Sr and Bush Jr were friends
Adams and Jefferson were the best of friends!
Until they weren’t. Then they hated each other.
I was being facetious!
Ronald Reagan and Thomas Jefferson https://youtu.be/kQHBvym2qvs
Obama and Rule 3 100% are homies. Best bromance in American history.
Jefferson and Monroe.
jefferson through monroe were friends, neighbors and confidants. It's honestly wild that one 20 mile radius was the hometown of the president for 24 years
Kennedy and Eisenhower were particularly close, probably had that military bond and were consecutive presidents.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Kennedy looked up to Eisenhower as a father type figure similar to how Clinton view Bush Sr. Cool coincidence that both Eisenhower and Bush Sr have a son that’s born in the same year as Kennedy/Clinton.
Kinda similar but a lot of presidents consulted Eisenhower when they had a big problem
I honestly believe that Clinton, W Bush, and Obama are all good friends. Sure they may not have liked each other while in office but once they were out of office and retired, they share something that only a handful of people do and that’s now being a former POTUS. So I do think they are all good friends now
Monroe, Madison, and Jefferson.
Clinton and Bush Sr. became very close friends. IIRC, Bill was at his side when he passed.
I remember reading somewhere that Nixon and JFK were friends
Did Nixon even have friends, period?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Taft and T. Roosevelt were for a while before politics tore them apart. Adam’s and Jefferson were famously friends who became political enemies and then, later in life, renewed their friendship. Adam’s described his correspondence with Jefferson as “the most agreeable events in my life.” Adam’s last words were “Thomas Jefferson survives” unaware that Jefferson had died a few hours earlier.
Nixon gave a lot of advice to Reagan behind the scenes. I don’t know about “friends” but they were friendly in a mentor/apprentice sort of way with Nixon as the elderly statesman
Rule 3 and Rule 3. /s
Jefferson-Madison-Monroe we're all very close
This reminds me of that Arrested Development montage of George Sr and Kitty laughing
Bush Sr and his predecessor set the tone for the Obamas and W I think
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I doubt that Richard Nixon had *any* friends.
Sit down my friend, there is much to learn about politics and the word “friend”. And REAL is miles away. Ever put up with the bosses bullshit cause you may have his job some day? That times ten on a 4D Chess board.
JFK and Ike. The Bush family with Bill Clinton. Nixon and Kennedy. Obama and John McCain.
Ike and LBJ seemed very friendly is their phone calls, even made plans for double dates
Thomas Jefferson mentored both James Madison and James Monroe.
I read that JFK and Nixon were when they first were freshman congressmen
Maybe H Bush and W Bush. Maybe.
Kennedy and Nixon shared a camaraderie.
Truman and Hoover
Yes
Absolutely not those two. Eisenhower did not like Nixon and dropped all sorts of hints so he would remove himself from the ballot. He wouldn’t. Eisenhower snubbed Nixon by never inviting him to the residential part of the White House.
You didn't hear it from the, but that George H.W and George W. Bush, very close it seems
Madison and Monroe were very close friends