As the new president channeled Bane during his inaugural address, cameras caught the nation's last Republican leader, George W. Bush, acting like a lovable buffoon. A lack of power will do that to you, transform you from a hated buffoon to a lovable one. Anyway, he got all tangled up in a poncho.

Legend pic.twitter.com/xVDjgBsrrP
— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) January 20, 2017

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— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 20, 2017

Imagine a time, 17 years from now, when Twitter can collectively laugh and say "legend" at former President Trump's goofy antics in the crowd. Too unfathomable? Okay, stick with W.

george bush playing with a poncho dot tumblr dot com
— Claire McNear (@claire_mcnear) January 20, 2017

tfw no one told you how to wear a poncho pic.twitter.com/x6qA2ZhAI6
— Bob Marshall (@bobmarshall) January 20, 2017

Rain starts to fall as Trump delivers inauguration speech. Distracting to see George Bush reach for a plastic poncho.
— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) January 20, 2017

Oh Lucy, how right you were.

Cheney looks pleased at GWB's poncho difficulties. pic.twitter.com/sHIq4a5I1H
— Cody Hall (@CodyHall09) January 20, 2017

Dick Cheney! Now don't tell me Twitter's relegated Cheney to the role of lovable Bush's "haha" sidekick. That's too much. Then again, he's wearing a fun hat... No. It's too much. There's only so many architects of the Iraq War you can LOL at on Twitter at a time.

For now, it's enough to find some humor in 43 finding his nemesis in a raincoat. You'd get a beer with this guy, right?

As wack as today is at least we have George Bush tryna put a rain poncho on lmaooo pic.twitter.com/n1rbe91gRx
— vic (@CountOnVic) January 20, 2017

❤️❤️❤️ Bush trying to navigate this rain poncho pic.twitter.com/0pXlC7OoVj
— Kira Bindrim (@KiraBind) January 20, 2017

The George W. Bush reaction cam during Trump's inauguration speech was lit pic.twitter.com/x33V19MLTn
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) January 20, 2017

The rain was no match for former President George W. Bush during the #inauguration pic.twitter.com/BmGTExxPZ1
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 20, 2017

ah yes, the landmark case of Bush v. Poncho https://t.co/zKsfI9XtWn
— Brian Grubb (@briancgrubb) January 20, 2017

George Bush being hilariously adorable. Is it sad that I miss him as well, today? pic.twitter.com/K0CEjjWRay
— Taylor Sappington (@IdealsWin) January 20, 2017

Tag yourselves, I'm George Bush pic.twitter.com/3nm1anWhbf
— Emily Nesbitt (@Emily_N_Nesbitt) January 20, 2017

George W. Bush did battle with a rain poncho during the inauguration and Twitter was delighted.