--- title: Bill Clinton Takes Photo Between George Bush Statues description: Bill Clinton showed off his sense of humor by posing for a photo between statues of George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush. canonical: https://time.com/4859118/bill-clinton-george-w-bush-statues-photo/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-14T19:55:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:23:25.774Z og:title: Bill Clinton's Pose With George Bush Statues Went Quite Viral og:description: "This is a fairly realistic portrayal of the 1990s" og:url: https://time.com/4859118/bill-clinton-george-w-bush-statues-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3948595e4f1a1b4/6988d5c90a4a22cb0a9cf0f9/bill-clinton-george-w-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Former U.S. Presidents George W. 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Speaking together at the 2017 graduation ceremony for the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush took what was perhaps a subtle swipe at President Trump when talking about leadership qualities._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 14, 2017 7:55 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jul 14, 2017 7:55 PM UTC After sharing the stage with [George W. Bush](http://time.com/4784063/george-bush-photobomb-reporter-interview/) at the [Presidential Leadership Scholars graduation ceremony](http://time.com/4858235/bill-clinton-george-w-bush-presidential-scholars/) in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, [Bill Clinton](http://time.com/4824807/bill-clinton-interaction-forum-washington-dc/) showed off his sense of humor by posing for a photo between statues of Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush. The shot of Clinton peeking out from between the stone likenesses of his successor and predecessor at the George W. Bush Presidential Center quickly went viral after it was shared on Twitter by [user Yashar Ali](https://twitter.com/yashar/status/885713096664166402), garnering more than 40,000 likes and 9,000 retweets in less than 24 hours. Clinton has long been a close friend of the Bush family — despite defeating George H.W.’s bid for re-election in the 1992 election. “It was a natural ability to respect and like each other,” George W. [reportedly](http://www.wfaa.com/news/politics/presidents-clinton-and-bush-celebrate-friendship-and-their-presidential-leadership-scholars/456596204) said of his friendship with Clinton during the Thursday chat. “Because he’s called a brother with a different mother.” > [](https://twitter.com/yashar/status/885713096664166402) See some of the best reactions to the picture below. > [](https://twitter.com/DavidJollyFL/status/885720989773873152) > [](https://twitter.com/creynoldsnc/status/885859317710290944) > [](https://twitter.com/Powell%5FDA/status/885717278842470403) > [](https://twitter.com/DougSaunders/status/885827811390435331) > [](https://twitter.com/bkerogers/status/885714573155643392) > [](https://twitter.com/Grombolita/status/885859157957636097) > [](https://twitter.com/FrankLeeHye/status/885725450588217344) ## Transcript I think the most important thing is to be humble, to listen. If you want to be president, realize it's about the people, not about you. And when it's over, that's what a lot of these people who are real arrogant in office they forget, time passes. And it passes more quickly than you know. You wanna be able to say people were better off when I quit, kids had a better future, things were coming together. You don't wanna say, god, look at all the people I beat. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4859118/bill-clinton-george-w-bush-statues-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4859118/bill-clinton-george-w-bush-statues-photo/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Losing It Over This Photo of Bill Clinton Posing Between Two George Bush Statues","datePublished":"2017-07-14T19:55:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T09:23:25.774Z","description":"\"This is a fairly realistic portrayal of the 1990s\"","url":"https://time.com/4859118/bill-clinton-george-w-bush-statues-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","celebrities","viral","George W. 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