Editing Laura Bush (section)

===Trump administration===
On January 20, 2017, Bush and her husband attended the [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration of Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/01/20/510850745/-meme-of-the-week-george-w-bush-battles-poncho-at-inauguration-and-loses|title=#Meme Of The Week: George W. Bush Battles Poncho At Inauguration And Loses|website=NPR.org|date=January 20, 2017|last1=Kelly|first1=Meg|access-date=April 2, 2018|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601144152/https://www.npr.org/2017/01/20/510850745/-meme-of-the-week-george-w-bush-battles-poncho-at-inauguration-and-loses|url-status=live}}</ref> In a November interview, Bush stated that she wished the Trumps "the very best" given that she knew what it was like to live in the White House and confirmed that she both been in contact with former first lady [[Melania Trump]] and been invited to the [[Diplomatic Reception Room]] by retained personnel from the Bush administration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/laura-bush-ghani-cnntv/index.html|title=Laura Bush on first family: 'I wish them all the best'|first=Maegan|last=Vazquez|publisher=CNN|access-date=May 6, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724020027/https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/laura-bush-ghani-cnntv/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 17, 2018, Bush wrote an opinion piece firmly opposing the [[Trump administration family separation policy]] in ''The Washington Post''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/laura-bush-separating-children-from-their-parents-at-the-border-breaks-my-heart/2018/06/17/f2df517a-7287-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html|title=Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border 'breaks my heart'|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=June 19, 2018|archive-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217181128/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/laura-bush-separating-children-from-their-parents-at-the-border-breaks-my-heart/2018/06/17/f2df517a-7287-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She mentioned how her mother-in-law [[Barbara Bush]] had picked up a crying AIDS baby while on a visit to the HIV/AIDS shelter "Grandma's House" in 1989. She mentioned this to indicate her shock upon discovery that the workers at the children's border shelter have been instructed "not to pick up or touch the children to comfort them".