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Trump complains that flags will be half-staff to honor Jimmy Carter on Inauguration Day
trump cannot deal with the concept that everything is NOT about him. This tantrum is really sad
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https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-flags-half-staff-jimmy-carter-inauguration-rcna186227
President-elect Donald Trump railed against the order for American flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, complaining that they will be in that position “for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President.”
“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 on Friday, and baselessly accused Democrats of being “giddy” that flags will be at half-staff during his inauguration.
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.
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, Trump won’t be able to do anything about it until after he is inaugurated.....
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. Trump, whose relationship with McCain was infamously strained, eventually relented and ordered the flag to be lowered again.
Trump was not invited to McCain’s funeral, and months later complained that he “didn’t get a thank you” for giving the Arizona Republican “the kind of funeral he wanted.”
“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 on Friday, and baselessly accused Democrats of being “giddy” that flags will be at half-staff during his inauguration.
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.
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, Trump won’t be able to do anything about it until after he is inaugurated.....
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. Trump, whose relationship with McCain was infamously strained, eventually relented and ordered the flag to be lowered again.
Trump was not invited to McCain’s funeral, and months later complained that he “didn’t get a thank you” for giving the Arizona Republican “the kind of funeral he wanted.”
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Grow up and show some respect to an honorable veteran,
you draft-dodging, casino-hustling republicon felon/rapist.
...to dry-hump it in that nauseating display of fake patriotism that his drooling supporters love to see.
Makes me want to barf - 
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The death of Jimmy Carter means the White House flag will be flying at half-mast during Trump's inauguration.
The fact that he went on Truth Social to be a crybaby about it, brings me a great deal of joy.
The fact that he went on Truth Social to be a crybaby about it, brings me a great deal of joy.
an anticipatory memorial to the darkness about to enshroud the next four years.
That Jimmy Carter planned this. 