White House gives one-word response to Trump raging at flags flying half-staff for Jimmy Carter
The White House roundly rejects Donald Trump’s protests over flags flying at half-mast during his historic inauguration in honor of Jimmy Carter’s death at the age of 100.
The answer came in a one-word response from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre when a reporter noted Trump’s concerns and asked if it was a decision the White House would consider reversing or reevaluating.
“No,” Jean-Pierre replied curtly and continued walking.
It came after Trump raged at President Joe Biden for ordering all government flags to be flown at half-staff for a 30-day period, including his inauguration.
Trump, who said the nation owed Carter a “debt of gratitude” after the former president died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on December 29, accused Democrats on Friday of not loving the country as they raged over the flag issue.
“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ over the fact that our beautiful American flag may be flying at ‘half-mast’ during my inauguration,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social website.
‘They love it so much and are so happy about it, because in reality they don’t love our country, they only think about themselves. Look what they’ve done to our once great America in the last four years: it’s a total mess! Either way, due to the death of President Jimmy Carter, the flag may fly at half-mast for the first time ever during an inauguration of a future president. No one wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it.”
‘Let’s see how it turns out. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’ Trump said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president is not reconsidering a decision to order flags at half-staff in honor of Jimmy Carter, who died last month at age 100.
His latest comment seemed to tease the prospect of the flag flying in full force when he takes the oath of office after vowing to “Make America Great Again.”
But Biden’s proclamation, issued “by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States,” calls for the flag to be flown at half-staff for 30 days in tribute to Carter.
His proclamation calls it an “expression of public grief” and applies to all public buildings, military posts, naval stations and federal government naval stations in D.C. and around the world.
It also applies to embassies, consulates and military facilities abroad.
President Dwight Eisenhower issued a proclamation designating the times when flags would fly at half-staff: 30 days for the death of a president or former president, ten for the vice president, a chief justice of the Supreme Court, or the speaker of the House of Delegates .
It established government facilities that would follow the proclamation. Trump could likely reverse Biden’s order once he becomes president at noon on January 20.
Biden ordered flags at half-staff for a period of 30 days
By the book: Jean-Pierre was asked about the flag after Donald Trump was furious that the flags would be at half-mast for his inauguration.
“In any case, due to the death of President Jimmy Carter, the flag will fly at half-mast for the first time ever during an inauguration of a future president. No one wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it,” Trump said
President Biden ordered the flags lowered for 30 days. He appeared to berate Trump as he made comments about Carter’s death
President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. President Joe Biden made brief remarks about his friend from St. Croix on Sunday evening, telling reporters: “I’ve been hanging out with Jimmy Carter for over 50 years.”
The Capitol, which is the seat of a separate legislature established by Article 1 of the Constitution, establishes its own procedures and even has its own power plant, but tends to take cues from the executive branch when ordered to flag to be lowered in honor of officials such as the deceased. legislators or Supreme Court justices.
It was not immediately known whether Trump wanted to intervene to have Capitol officials intervene on his behalf. The House of Representatives re-elected Mike Johnson as speaker by a narrow margin on Monday, following a final push from Trump on Friday morning.
Biden appeared to berate Trump as he made his first public comments on Carter’s death, praising Carter for his “decency.”
“Can you imagine Jimmy Carter walking past someone who needs something and just keeps walking?” Biden asked. “Can you imagine Jimmy Carter referring to someone by the way he looks or the way he talks?”
“I can’t do it, I can’t do it,” Biden said.
“In today’s world, some look at Jimmy Carter and see a man from a bygone era, with honesty and character, faith and humility… But I don’t think that’s a bygone era. I see a man not just of our time, but of all time,” Biden argued.