Democrats on New York’s Long Island cried foul over the weekend after a Donald Trump-supporting county executive did not lower his jurisdiction’s flags to half-staff in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter,
Donald Trump is upset that U.S. flags will fly at half-staff at his inauguration on Jan. 20, a gesture that honors late former President Jimmy Carter. He wrote in a post on Truth Social that 'nobody wants to see this' and made the untrue claim that it will be the first time this has ever happened.
"Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it," Trump said of the US flag flying at half-staff during his inauguration.
Donald Trump has said the US flag should not be lowered to half-mast on the day of his inauguration to mourn the death of former president Jimmy Carter.
Donald Trump raged online over flags in the capital being flown at half-mast during his inauguration to mourn the passing of Jimmy Carter.
Under President Joe Biden’s proclamation, flags will be at half-staff until a week after Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. Since ordering the flags lowered is a proclamation that a sitting president makes, Trump won’t be able to do anything about it until after he is inaugurated.
Jimmy Carter could have taught Donald Trump something about being president, or rather, about the kind of man a president should be — a president who tried to represent America at its best and tried to be everyone’s president even while pushing a political program roughly half the country opposed,
Trump has referenced the 39th president on multiple occasions, including on the latter's 100th birthday in October at a rally in Waunakee, Wisconsin. After calling Biden the worst U.S. president in history, he said that "Jimmy Carter is the happiest man because Jimmy Carter is considered a brilliant president by comparison."
Donald Trump has said he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter's funeral after the former president died at age 100 on Sunday, Dec. 29.
President-elect Donald Trump said at a New Year's event at Mar-a-Lago that he will attend former President Jimmy Carter's funeral.
President-elect Donald Trump says he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
President Joe Biden is saying what he thinks President-Elect Donald Trump should take away from former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy. Biden addressed the nation on Sunday in the wake of former President Jimmy Carter’s death.