President-elect Donald Trump voiced his displeasure on Friday over the decision to keep American flags at half-staff in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter during his inauguration on January 20.
President Joe Biden ordered flags to be lowered for 30 days starting from December 29, following Carter’s death, as is customary when a U.S. president passes away.
Trump, who plans to attend Carter’s memorial service in Washington on January 9, expressed his concerns in a Truth Social post about the flags remaining at half-staff during his swearing-in ceremony.
“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” Trump wrote, using a term often associated with ships when the flag is lowered.
“They think it’s so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves,” he added.
Trump pointed out that due to Carter’s death, the American flag would be at half-mast “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 concluded.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated that there were no plans to reconsider the decision.
