Nov 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump snubbed for Dick Cheney's funeral

A gray-haired President Trump, wearing a navy jacket with a US flag pin at the top of his left lapel, white shirt and red tie, speaking on a gold throne in the Oval Office of the White House. — President Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images

President Trump did not get an invitation to former Vice President Dick Cheney's funeral that's taking place on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter tells Axios.

Why it matters: Sitting presidents typically attend the funerals of former presidents and vice presidents, but the George W. Bush administration VP's previous support for Trump soured after the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and he publicly criticized the GOP leader in a 2022 campaign ad for his daughter, then-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).

Trump has repeatedly attacked the former congresswoman since she served as vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee and he said last November she should have guns "trained on her face."
Liz Cheney, who lost her Republican primary to a Trump-backed challenger in her 2022 Republican primary, announced she was voting for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in November's elections and said her father was doing the same.

The big picture: Dick Cheney died earlier this month at age 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.

Representatives for the White House did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

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