- A funeral service will be held Friday afternoon for President Donald Trump’s brother in the White House.
- Robert Trump died on Saturday from an unknown illness. He was 71.
- It is rare that the White House is the institution for a funeral service.
- The last time remnants were brought to the White House was in 1963 after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
- But the last time the deceased body of a private citizen was brought to the White House was in 1936.
President Donald Trump is set to hold a funeral at the White House on Friday afternoon for his younger brother, Robert Trump, who died last Saturday.
The ceremony is set to take place in the East Room. Trump has invited roughly 200 friends and family, and he will cover the cost, the New York Times reported.
The East Room is not typically used for funerals, and this event will mark a rare event at the White House.
The last time remnants were brought to the White House was in 1963 after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
President Abraham Lincoln’s body was housed in the East House in 1865, as were Kennedy’s in 1963.
So, there’s a precedent for funerals at the White House. But the last time the deceased body of a private citizen was brought to the White House was in 1936, ABC News reported, when a funeral was held there for Louis Howe, an adviser to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Robert Trump died in New York at the age of 71 from an unexposed disease. Apparently he had been ill for several months.
Discussing his desire to hold a service for his brother in the White House, Trump said on Monday: “I think he would be honored a lot. He loves our country. He loves our country so much. He was so proud of what we were doing and what we are doing for our country. “
