Trump expresses anger over US flags displayed at inauguration
US President-elect Donald Trump has voiced his discontent regarding the choice to maintain flags at half-mast during his inauguration. Read Full Article at RT.com
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The White House has stood firm on its decision to maintain flags at half-mast in tribute to the late President Jimmy Carter.
President-elect Donald Trump has voiced his dissent regarding the plan to keep American flags at half-mast during his inauguration on January 20. This action was directed by President Joe Biden to honor former President Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100.
Under U.S. flag code, flags are required to remain at half-mast for 30 days following the death of a current or former president, which means they will stay in this position until January 28.
In a statement issued on Friday, Trump claimed that Democrats were pleased about the flags flying at half-mast during his inauguration, suggesting this reflects a lack of patriotism.
“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” he remarked. “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.”
Trump asserted that it would be “the first time ever” that U.S. flags are flown at half-mast during a presidential inauguration, maintaining that “nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it.”
However, flags were indeed flown at half-mast when former President Richard Nixon was inaugurated for his second term in January 1973, following his order to lower them after the death of former President Harry S. Truman.
Historically, there have been occasions when the 30-day half-mast period was temporarily altered at the discretion of the sitting president. For instance, in 1973, after the passing of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, Nixon mandated that flags be raised to full-mast for one day to honor returning American prisoners of war from Vietnam before lowering them again to resume the mourning period.
Trump has previously expressed dissatisfaction with the flag-lowering tradition. In 2018, following the death of Senator John McCain, flags were returned to full-mast briefly before being lowered again in response to public pressure.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed Trump’s comments by confirming that the Biden administration has no plans to change the decision to keep the flags at half-mast during the inauguration.
Olivia Brown contributed to this report for TROIB News
President-elect Donald Trump has voiced his dissent regarding the plan to keep American flags at half-mast during his inauguration on January 20. This action was directed by President Joe Biden to honor former President Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100.
Under U.S. flag code, flags are required to remain at half-mast for 30 days following the death of a current or former president, which means they will stay in this position until January 28.
In a statement issued on Friday, Trump claimed that Democrats were pleased about the flags flying at half-mast during his inauguration, suggesting this reflects a lack of patriotism.
“The Democrats are all ‘giddy’ about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at ‘half mast’ during my Inauguration,” he remarked. “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.”
Trump asserted that it would be “the first time ever” that U.S. flags are flown at half-mast during a presidential inauguration, maintaining that “nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it.”
However, flags were indeed flown at half-mast when former President Richard Nixon was inaugurated for his second term in January 1973, following his order to lower them after the death of former President Harry S. Truman.
Historically, there have been occasions when the 30-day half-mast period was temporarily altered at the discretion of the sitting president. For instance, in 1973, after the passing of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, Nixon mandated that flags be raised to full-mast for one day to honor returning American prisoners of war from Vietnam before lowering them again to resume the mourning period.
Trump has previously expressed dissatisfaction with the flag-lowering tradition. In 2018, following the death of Senator John McCain, flags were returned to full-mast briefly before being lowered again in response to public pressure.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed Trump’s comments by confirming that the Biden administration has no plans to change the decision to keep the flags at half-mast during the inauguration.
Olivia Brown contributed to this report for TROIB News
