President-elect Donald Trump expressed his discontent on Friday regarding the American flags being lowered to half-staff in honor of the late President Jimmy Carter during his January 20 inauguration. According to custom, when a U.S. president passes away, flags are lowered to half-staff for 30 days, which is why President Joe Biden ordered the flags to be lowered from December 29.

Trump, who plans to attend Carter’s memorial service in Washington on January 9, took to Truth Social to voice his concerns about 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. He further stated that Democrats are happy about the situation because “in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves”.

Trump also claimed that this would be the first time the American flag would be at half-mast during a presidential inauguration. “Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out,” he said. However, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre maintained that the White House has no plans to reconsider the decision.

SOURCE: Reuters