Trump is annoyed that the US flag is flying at half-mast during his inauguration

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump spoke out strongly Friday about plans to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff at his upcoming inauguration in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter – but the White House said it would not reconsider the order .

Since December 29, when President Joe Biden ordered the 30-day standard of respect following Carter’s death – the federal time frame for flying flags following the death of a president since 1954 – U.S. flags have flown on all federal grounds, including the Capitol -Flags at half staff.

Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president on January 20, which is within the 30-day window.

“Democrats are all ‘excited’ that our magnificent American flag may be flying at ‘half-mast’ during my inauguration,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social, incorrectly using the term to refer to flags flying on The ship is half the height of the mast, not a flagpole. “They think it’s so great and they’re so happy about it, because in reality they don’t love our country, they only think about themselves.”

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Biden would not consider reversing or reevaluating the flag order.

Trump continued to criticize the Democratic leadership in his social media post.

“Look at what they have done to our once GREAT America over the last four years – it is total chaos!” Trump said. “In any case, because of the death of President Jimmy Carter, the flag could fly at half-mast for the first time ever at the inauguration of a future president. Nobody wants to see that, and no American can be happy about it.” . Let’s see how it turns out.”

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Trump is annoyed that the US flag is flying at half-mast during his inauguration

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