President-elect Donald Trump is not pleased that American flags will fly at half-mast to honor the late President Jimmy Carter throughout his inauguration.
In a post to Truth Social on Friday afternoon, Trump revealed his disappointment with the sign of grieving throughout his 2nd inauguration on January 20 and implicated Democrats of being gleeful about the optics of the corresponding ceremony.
“Democrats are all ‘giddy' about our stunning American Flag possibly being at ‘half mast' throughout my Inauguration. They believe it's so fantastic, and are so pleased about it because, in reality, they do not enjoy our Country,” Trump composed. “Because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the Flag may, for the very first time ever throughout an Inauguration of a future President, be at half-mast.”
The previous video game program host teased approaching advancements in the memorialization of Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, feigning unpredictability regarding whether flags would be reduced come January 20.
“Nobody wishes to see this, and no American can be pleased about it,” he stated. “Let's see how it plays out.”
A 1954 governmental pronouncement from Dwight Eisenhower developed the basic 30-day duration of public memorialization on all federal structures, premises and marine vessels after the death of a president. Throughout a White House press rundown on Friday, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre eliminated a re-evaluation of the policy before Inauguration Day.
In his life, Carter was a regular critic of Trump, calling the nation “even worse” under his period in a 2018 interview with Salon and backing all 3 of his Democratic oppositions. Trump took a swipe at Carter previously this year on his 100th birthday, calling him the second-worst president behind Joe Biden. Still, Trump validated to press reporters today that he will exist at Carter's funeral service.
