US flags will be lowered for 30 days in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, coinciding with Trump's inauguration. This may create a somber mood for the event.
Flags will be lowered to half-staff during President-elect Donald Trump 's inauguration in January.President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days from Sunday in honor of Jimmy Carter , the longest-lived American president who died at 100. That means flags will remain lowered when Trump is sworn in for a second term on January 20.U.S. flag code requires flags to be flown at half-staff for 30 days from the death of a sitting or former president.
Trump and his supporters may be infuriated as the mood on Inauguration Day, a celebratory occasion for them, could instead be a solemn one marked by signs of Carter's passing.A Trump spokesperson and the Republican National Committee have been contacted for comment via email. Carter died peacefully, surrounded by his family, at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Sunday, The Carter Center said in a statement.His death came about 22 months after he entered hospice care and just over a year after the death of his wife Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November last year.Biden has scheduled a state funeral for Carter in Washington, D.C. on January 9. He also declared January 9 as a National Day of Mourning.Trump has paid a warm tribute to Carter, saying in a post on his Truth Social platform that the challenges Carter 'faced as President came at a pivotal time for our country and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans. For that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude.'The president-elect said that he and his wife Melania 'are thinking warmly of the Carter Family and their loved ones during this difficult time.'However, Trump mocked Carter on his 100th birthday in October while taking a swipe at Biden. At the time, he called Biden the 'worst' president in U.S. history and said that Carter 'is the happiest man because Jimmy Carter is considered a brilliant president in comparison
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