--- title: Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush Talk Socks description: The two former presidents met in Houston on Sunday and talked grandkids, "old times and new times," and socks canonical: https://time.com/4732712/bill-clinton-george-hw-bush/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-10T12:17:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:18:47.685Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush Caught Up About 'Old Times.' And Socks og:description: A meeting of The Presidents Club og:url: https://time.com/4732712/bill-clinton-george-hw-bush/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush Caught Up About 'Old Times.' And Socks twitter:description: A meeting of The Presidents Club twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush Caught Up About 'Old Times.' And Socks by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 10, 2017 12:17 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 10, 2017 12:17 PM UTC Former President [Bill Clinton](http://time.com/4711887/bill-clinton-didnt-inhale-marijuana-anniversary/) spent Sunday afternoon hanging out with another member of [The Presidents Club](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2111338,00.html) — President George H.W. Bush. In [a Twitter post](https://twitter.com/billclinton/status/851196983683551232), Clinton said he caught up with the elder Bush in Houston, chatting about everything from “old times and new times,” grandkids, and socks. Bush is known for having an [affinity for colorful socks](https://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/a-gentlemans-guide-to-picking-out-socks-as-told-by-george-hw?utm%5Fterm=.hnZA3JmvK#.iyB1XE3nv) and the bright green pair he was gifted by Clinton, which appeared to be decorated with images of dogs, will fit neatly into his collection. > [](https://twitter.com/billclinton/status/851196983683551232) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4732712/bill-clinton-george-hw-bush/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4732712/bill-clinton-george-hw-bush/"},"headline":"Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush Caught Up About 'Old Times.' And Socks","datePublished":"2017-04-10T12:17:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:18:47.685Z","description":"A meeting of The Presidents Club","url":"https://time.com/4732712/bill-clinton-george-hw-bush/","keywords":["Presidents","fashion","Bill Clinton","George H.W. Bush","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/presidents/","name":"Presidents"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4732712/bill-clinton-george-hw-bush/","name":"Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush Caught Up About 'Old Times.' And Socks"}}]}] ```