President-elect Donald Trump<\/a> railed against the order for American flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter<\/a>complaining that they will be in that position “for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President.”<\/p>\n

“Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post<\/a> on Friday, and baselessly accused Democrats of being “giddy” that flags will be at half-staff during his inauguration.<\/p>\n

Flying flags at half-staff to honor a late political figure or commemorate an occasion is a tradition that transcends political ideology. Flags are traditionally lowered for 30 days to mourn the death of a current or former U.S. president.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Trump won’t be able to do anything about it until after he is inaugurated.<\/p>\n

Trump had a tense relationship with Carter, who died at age 100 on Dec. 29, <\/strong>though it was markedly less rancorous than his relations with other former Democratic presidents. Trump called Carter the “worst president” and mocked his presidency <\/a>while attacking Biden during the 2024 presidential campaign. Carter similarly criticized Trump’s behavior and suggested<\/a> that his 2016 election win was not legitimate, citing Russian “interference.”<\/p>\n

However, after Carter’s death, Trump wrote a post<\/a> about him on Truth Social that was devoid of attacks, <\/strong>saying that Carter “did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans.” He has also said that he will attend Carter’s funeral<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Memorably, Trump has taken issue with flags flying at half-staff to honor a late politician in the past. In 2018, just two days after Sen. John McCain’s death, Trump had the White House flag raised to full-staff, prompting fierce criticism from Republicans, Democrats and veteran groups<\/a>. Trump, whose relationship with McCain was infamously strained<\/a>eventually relented and ordered the flag to be lowered again.<\/p>\n

Trump was not invited to McCain’s funeral, and months later complained<\/a> that he “didn’t get a thank you” for giving the Arizona Republican “the kind of funeral he wanted.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Clarissa-Jan Lim<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking\/trending news blogger for BLN Digital. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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