President Trump and Vance SNUBBED from Dick Cheney’s Funeral

President Donald Trump was noticeably absent from former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — and according to sources close to the family, it wasn’t by accident.

The ceremony, held Thursday at Washington National Cathedral, brought together nearly every living U.S. president and vice president, from Barack Obama and Joe Biden to George W. Bush and Kamala Harris. But the 45th — and now 47th — President of the United States was nowhere to be seen.

Liz Cheney, the late vice president’s daughter and one of Trump’s fiercest critics, reportedly made the call to keep Trump off the invitation list entirely. “It was Liz’s decision — and no one questioned it,” a longtime family friend told Politico. “She wasn’t going to let a man who called her father a ‘traitor’ or mocked the Capitol Police stand over his casket.”

Trump, who returned to the White House in 2025 after narrowly defeating Kamala Harris, did not issue a public statement about Cheney’s death. Instead, his campaign spokesperson brushed off questions about the snub, saying, “The president’s focus is on making America great again — not attending ceremonies for members of the old political class.”

Dick Cheney’s relationship with Trump deteriorated rapidly after the January 6 attack on the Capitol. In one of his final political statements, Cheney released a blistering 2022 campaign ad supporting Liz’s re-election, calling Trump “a coward” and “the greatest threat to our republic in history.”

“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” Cheney said in the video, which went viral at the time. “He lost his election, and he lost big. A real man wouldn’t lie to his supporters.”

Cheney — who had initially supported Trump in 2016 — broke with the GOP entirely in 2024, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over the man he once called “unfit for command.”

“I’ve spent my life defending the Constitution,” Cheney said during an interview that year. “And I won’t stand by while it’s shredded for personal gain.”

While Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance stayed away, the funeral drew a crowd that reflected Cheney’s complicated legacy. Former Presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Biden were present with their spouses, as were former VPs Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Mike Pence.

Bush, who served alongside Cheney from 2001 to 2009, delivered an emotional eulogy. “Dick Cheney was a man of conviction — not always easy, not always gentle — but always determined to serve his country,” Bush said. “He was my right hand through the darkest days America has ever seen.”

Cheney’s political career remains one of the most polarizing in modern history. Revered by conservatives for his post-9/11 resolve and derided by progressives for his role in the Iraq War, Cheney reshaped the modern Republican Party — and, in many ways, paved the way for the populist divide that Trump later exploited.

“Without Cheney’s power-centric model of the presidency, you don’t get Trump,” said historian Douglas Brinkley. “But Cheney also saw Trump as the very threat his own playbook made possible.”

Cheney died earlier this month from complications related to pneumonia and heart disease. He was 84. His family’s statement described him as “a noble giant of a man” devoted to his wife Lynne and daughters Liz and Mary.

In her eulogy, Liz Cheney avoided direct mention of Trump but appeared to allude to their feud. “My father believed that courage mattered — that truth mattered,” she said, her voice breaking. “He taught us that there are moments in history when silence is complicity. And he never stayed silent.”

The moment drew a standing ovation — except, of course, from the man who wasn’t there.

Source: Washington National Cathedral press pool, Politico, Associated Press.