President-elect Trump paid tribute to the late Jimmy Carter in Washington. Trump will be inaugurated on January 20, with flags at half-staff in Carter’s honor, despite his criticism of the mourning tradition.Â
US President-elect Donald Trump paid tribute to the late Jimmy Carter as he lay in state in Washington on Wednesday. Stony-faced and silent, Trump stood with his wife Melania for several minutes before former president Carter’s flag-draped coffin in the soaring Rotunda inside the US Capitol. Then, they took a deep breath and took Melania’s hand as they turned and left.
Four years ago, Trump fans swarmed the same venue in an attempt to stop his election loss to Joe Biden from being certified.
The flags will fly at half-staff in Carter’s honor during the ceremony. He made a stunning return in last year’s November vote and will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20.
‘No Americans can be happy’
Although Trump has attacked it. Claiming that “no Americans can be happy” about the lowered flags when he succeeds Biden. It is part of the traditional 30-day mourning period for a US president.
Carter served a single term from 1977 to 1981 and was widely commended for his post-presidential humanitarian endeavors. For which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. He passed away on December 29 at the age of 100.
His remains will remain in state at the Capitol until Thursday. Allowing the public to honor a man who, although being criticized for his political inclinations while in office. Redefined what a post-presidential life could entail.
The National Cathedral, an Episcopal church in Washington that has previously staged funerals for past presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and George H.W. Bush, will host a state funeral service Thursday.
Trump and the other three surviving former presidents, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. They are anticipated to attend, while Biden will provide the eulogy for his fellow Democrat.
