Bizarre dispute over flags
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Donald Trump complains about flags flying at half-mast after Jimmy Carter’s death. The reason behind it is personal: it’s about himself.
In just over two weeks, Donald Trump will be sworn in as US President again. An important day for the USA and Trump, who wants to be in the spotlight on January 20th.
One detail annoys him all the more: the US flags fly at half-mast on this day to honor the late Jimmy Carter.
President Joe Biden ordered this in honor of the ex-president, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, reported the . Trump cannot change this for the time being – only after he takes office. And that stinks to him.
Donald Trump: “No American can be happy about this”
Democrats are “excited” because the flags “may” fly at half-mast at his inauguration.
“They think it’s so great and are so happy about it because in reality they don’t love our country, they only think about themselves,” wrote the US President-elect on his social network Truth Social on Friday evening.
It could be the first time, Trump continued, that the flags fly at half-mast at a presidential inauguration. “Nobody wants to see that and no American can be happy about it.”
The U.S. flag code regulates flags being flown at half-mast, including a 30-day notice for sitting or former presidents, according to the .
Under Biden’s proclamation, U.S. flags will be flown at half-mast for 30 days from Carter’s death, until January 28.
Since the inauguration takes place on January 20, that means flags will fly at half-mast during Trump’s inauguration and the first week of his term.
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Trump’s inauguration is not the first with flags at half-mast
Asked about Trump’s comments, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden had no plans to change or reconsider the half-mast flag.
Once Trump is in office, he could fully fly the flags again, AP said.
The flag code requires flags to fly at half-mast for 30 days after the death of a former president. However, this is not binding. Trump could theoretically overrule him once he becomes president.
However, it is not true that Trump’s inauguration could be the first with flags flown at half-mast.
At Richard Nixon’s inauguration in 1973, flags at the Capitol flew at half-mast in memory of Harry S. Truman, who died on December 26, 1972, the .
Donald Trump expected at Jimmy Carter’s state funeral
The six-day memorial service for Jimmy Carter began in Georgia over the weekend. These included a service at Carter’s parents’ home in Plains and a motorcade to Atlanta, according to the Carter Center. A moment of silence was held Saturday at the Georgia State Capitol and an arrival ceremony and service at the Carter Presidential Center. The former president, who served from 1977 to 1981, will lie in state there until January 7th.
The festivities will end on January 9th with a state funeral in Washington and a private funeral in Carter’s hometown of Plains. Carter died there on December 29th at the age of 100, surrounded by his family.
Outgoing President Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy. Among those expected are the four living US presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
Sources: Donald Trump on Truth Social,News agencies AFP, and DPA, , ,
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