#Trump holds White House funeral for late brother Robert Trump

Bagpipers played the hymn “Abide With Me” as Trump’s family solemnly watched Robert’s casket being transferred to a hearse and carried from White House grounds around 5:20 p.m.

Robert, 71, who served as a top executive at the Trump Organization, died on Saturday after being hospitalized last Friday in New York City.

Trump mourned the passing of his “best friend” last weekend.

“This was not a great weekend. It’s very hard. You knew it was going to happen, but still, when it happens it’s a very tough thing,” the president said on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” on Monday.

“He was a great guy. He was a tremendous guy. He was my friend. I guess they say best friend, and that’s true. And losing him, not easy.”

The event marked one of the rare instances during which a deceased person is brought to the White House.

The last instance was in 1963, after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, according to ABC News.

A private citizen has not been brought to the White House for a funeral since 1936, when a service was held for Louis Howe, an adviser to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

“I think he’d be greatly honored,” Trump said earlier this week at the idea of a White House funeral for his brother. “He loves our country. He loved our country so much.”