President Donald Trump didn’t attend former Vice President Dick Cheney’s memorial service on Thursday. He wasn’t a no-show—he wasn’t invited.

It’s customary for sitting presidents to show up when former presidents or vice presidents are laid to rest. Trump’s absence breaks that norm—though in Washington, even the villains have enemies.

Cheney, the architect of post-9/11 executive expansion and a key figure in the Iraq War, died earlier this month at 84. In his final years, he became one of the few Republicans willing to defy Trump openly. He and his daughter, former Rep. Liz Cheney, ultimately voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris instead of the GOP’s nominee.

“We have a duty to put country above partisanship to defend our Constitution,” Dick Cheney said at the time.

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