George W. Bush

=== Collaborations ===
[[File:Presidents Obama, Bush, & Clinton- Help for Haiti.webm|thumb|President Obama with former presidents [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] and Bush announce the [[Clinton Bush Haiti Fund]] after the 2010 earthquake]]

In January 2010, at President Obama's request, Bush and Bill Clinton established the [[Clinton Bush Haiti Fund]] to raise contributions for relief and recovery efforts following the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]] earlier that month.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/16/haiti.earthquake/ |title=Hillary Clinton meets with Haiti leader after arrival |date=January 17, 2010 |access-date=January 11, 2011 |publisher=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119083558/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/16/haiti.earthquake/ |archive-date=January 19, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On May 2, 2011, President Obama called Bush, who was at a restaurant with his wife, to inform him that [[Death of Osama bin Laden|Osama bin Laden had been killed]].<ref>{{cite news |title=When Bush Got the Bin Laden Call (While Eating a Souffle) |last=Franke-Ruta |first=Garance |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/when-bush-got-the-bin-laden-call-while-eating-a-souffle/238862/ |date=May 13, 2011 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516154213/http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/when-bush-got-the-bin-laden-call-while-eating-a-souffle/238862/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Bushes joined the Obamas in New York City to mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. At the Ground Zero memorial, Bush read [[Bixby letter|a letter]] that President [[Abraham Lincoln]] wrote to a widow who had lost five sons during the Civil War.<ref>{{cite news |title=Presidents Obama and Bush commemorate 9/11 anniversary |url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/11/presidents-obama-and-bush-commemorate-911-anniversary/ |publisher=CNN |date=September 11, 2011 |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009155415/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/11/presidents-obama-and-bush-commemorate-911-anniversary/ }}</ref>

On September 7, 2017, Bush partnered with former presidents [[Jimmy Carter]], [[George H. W. Bush]], Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama to work with [[One America Appeal]] to help the victims of [[Hurricane Harvey]] and [[Hurricane Irma]] in the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] and [[Texas]] communities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/349993-former-presidents-add-irma-recovery-to-fundraising-appeal/ |title=Former presidents fundraise for Irma disaster relief |last=Shelbourne |first=Mallory |date=September 10, 2017 |work=The Hill |access-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref>

Over the years, President Bush has had a good-natured friendship with Michelle Obama. "President Bush and I, we are forever seatmates because of protocol, and that's how we sit at all the official functions," Obama told the ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today Show]]''. "He's my partner in crime at every major thing where all the 'formers' gather. So we're together all the time." She later added, "I love him to death. He's a wonderful man, he's a funny man."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a22979284/george-w-bush-michelle-obama-friendship-history/|title=George W. Bush Snuck Michelle Obama a Piece of Candy During His Father's State Funeral|first=Lauren|last=Hubbard|date=December 5, 2018|website=Town & Country |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101021545/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a22979284/george-w-bush-michelle-obama-friendship-history/ |archive-date= Jan 1, 2024 }}</ref> Bush and Obama have sat next to each other at many events including the 50th anniversary of the historic [[March on Selma|civil rights march in Selma]] (2015), the interfaith memorial service for the victims in Dallas (2016), the opening at the [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]] (2016), and at the funerals for [[Nancy Reagan]] (2016), and [[John McCain]] (2018). Bush famously passed mints to Obama during the McCain funeral in September 2018 and gave them to her again during the [[Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush|funeral of his father]] in December 2018.<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=https://time.com/5481370/michelle-obama-george-bush-mint/ | title=Michelle Obama on How Their 'Refreshing' Tradition Shows 'the Beauty of George Bush' | first=Ashley | last=Hoffman | date=December 17, 2018| magazine=Time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213222208/https://time.com/5481370/michelle-obama-george-bush-mint/ |archive-date= Dec 13, 2023 }}</ref>