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Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:03:52 -0800
zerosugar from private IP, post #13261107
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Trump complains that US flags will be half-staff on his inauguration day
O.K. upon research, seems he isn't so much mad about the flags at half staff as
he is about the Dems being happy over it. All the same, I still think he
shouldn't have commented or complained. He could have taken the high road and
said he didn't mind and respects the mourning period. Being a president is a
huge honor in itself. Trump should just be happy to have gotten this chance
again. I'm sure the inauguration will still be a grand event. It's also wrong to
attack Carter (and I noticed Trump did this a bit in his speech yesterday before
he hilariously referenced "Governor" Trudeau) because it alienates some more
moderate people. I realize Carter is a popular target of the conservative media,
but I don't get it. Yes, you can be critical of some of his foreign policies or
rather the consequences of his policies while he was president. The obvious
response to this was that he was not reelected. Carter himself was not a leftist
though, at least not in the post 1990s sense. He was no AOC or Ilhan Omar or
even an Obama. This was a peanut farmer from Georgia who taught Sunday school
and who did so much to help the poor. The Republicans are making a mistake here
by attacking him IMHO.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-complains-that-us-flags-will-be-half-staff-his-inauguration-day-2025-01-03/
TEXT OF ARTICLE-
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump complained on Friday
that American flags would still be lowered to half-staff in honor of the late
President Jimmy Carter during Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration.
President Joe Biden ordered flags lowered to half-staff for 30 days from the day
of Carter's death on Dec. 29, as is custom when a U.S. president dies.
Trump, who has announced plans to attend Carter's memorial service in Washington
on Jan. 9, took issue in a Truth Social post on Friday with the flags remaining
in the mourning position during his swearing-in ceremony.
"The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially
being at 'half mast' during my Inauguration," Trump said, employing a term
frequently used for the lowered position when the flag is on a ship.
"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 said.
Trump said that due to Carter's death last week the American flag would "for the
first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast."
"Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see
how it plays out," he said.
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House had no plans to
reconsider the decision.
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Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:09:45 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #14159078 I mean, he is right in his own
way. Can't imagine his voters cared for Carter. So I can see him riling up his
audience. Still, this is symptomatic of the Trump presidency and nay, the modern
presidency, where non issues get headline news coverage. Let's talk about his
feelings and let's get the outrage going. Easier to control the sheeple.
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:10:16 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #15710408 Not everything a president does
is news worthy. So why is this news worthy.
Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:19:19 -0800
zerosugar from private IP
Reply #17736358 They are just reporting on some
of the posts Trump made to social media. I think whether we want to admit it or
not, on FB, there are many late boomers and early Gen X who do pay attention to
these sorts of headlines and will judge somebody’s character. I don’t think
Carter was a big Trump hater and I recall Trump had contacted him for advice
about China. Anyway, I get where he is coming from, but it’s just a weird
coincidence and obviously people can’t control when they die.
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