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https://apnews.com/article/trump-carter-flag-half-staff-mar-a-lago-c90e341b89615aef8817c6fc021a93b7Trump flies US flag at full height before end of 30-day mourning period following Carters death
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Updated 1:34 PM CST, January 13, 2025
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) U.S. flags at President-elect Donald Trump s private Mar-a-Lago club are back to flying at full height.
Flags are supposed to fly at half-staff through the end of January out of respect for former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29. A large flag on Trumps property in Palm Beach was initially lowered to half-staff according to protocol but has since been raised in the days after Carter was buried Thursday in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
Both President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, directed that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff for 30 days from the date of Carters death or through Jan. 28.
Trump has expressed annoyance that flags will be at half-staff on Jan. 20 when he takes the oath of office for his second term. During the presidential campaign, the Republican repeatedly criticized Carter, a Democrat, but offered praise for the 39th president in a statement after his death at the age of 100.
Separately on Monday, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered that flags at all state buildings be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day.
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Other red states will follow suit

2naSalit
(94,995 posts)Said what I am thinking...
dalton99a
(86,087 posts)and throw his carcass in a landfill
2naSalit
(94,995 posts)Something like that!
madinmaryland
(65,270 posts)BOSSHOG
(40,924 posts)Into a Louisiana Bayou in August. The Gators are active in the hot summer. But I guess that would be cruel to them. Theyd spit him out.
Turbineguy
(38,707 posts)gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)William Seger
(11,297 posts)... every time I see one, a little song will play in my heart.
thinkingagain
(1,206 posts)To him and other repubs
So sad
Dave Bowman
(4,460 posts)Melon
(209 posts)Hes garbage but is this made up outrageous? Ive seen other private flags flying normal.
thinkingagain
(1,206 posts)If I understand it correctly, what Im reading. I am definitely no expert.
I dont think they would pay attention to a private citizen, but as trump is an elected official he should follow the federal guidelines out of respect.
I also dont think a governor of a state has the right to go against the president, declaring the mast. Like Abbot is doing
The flag should fly at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings, grounds, and naval
vessels throughout the United States and its territories and possessions after the death
of the president or a former president. It is to fly 10 days at half-staff after the death of
the vice president, the chief justice or a retired chief justice of the United States
Supreme Court, or the speaker of the House of Representatives. For an associate
justice of the Supreme Court, a member of the Cabinet, a former vice president, the
president pro tempore of the Senate, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority
leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, or the
minority leader of the House of Representatives the flag is to be displayed at half-staff
from the day of death until interment.
https://www.va.gov/opa/publications/celebrate/halfstaff.pdf
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,635 posts)federal property, so while governors should follow it, they are under no obligation to do so .
Melon
(209 posts)William Seger
(11,297 posts)They're supposed to be tradition preservationists, but they treat tradition like they do the Bible and the Constitution: They just ignore the parts they don't like.
mahatmakanejeeves
(62,639 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,635 posts)Sucks that assholes wont follow the federal lead, but they dont actually have to.
gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,635 posts)3catwoman3
(26,080 posts)He probably wouldn't anyway.
Dave Bowman
(4,460 posts)Cha
(306,844 posts)them Goes to Hell.
Dancing in the Streets
magicarpet
(17,533 posts)keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)Mossfern
(3,440 posts)n/t
gopiscrap
(24,283 posts)and the ignoarnt fucks that follow him are just as deplorable
LetMyPeopleVote
(157,543 posts)ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)malaise
(280,528 posts)Carter Centers photo of choice.
spanone
(138,092 posts)again, FUCK HIM.
RandomNumbers
(18,382 posts)well there you have it, TFG has zero respect for anyone.
He only does stuff he wants to, nothing he does will ever be done out of respect for any other person or natural entity.
bluestarone
(18,677 posts)I cannot say what i want to happen to this piece walking shit
The Madcap
(856 posts)He hates that President Carter was a Democrat...
and
He might see the double meaning that it's also a mourning for America after T**** kills it.
Mblaze
(468 posts)Is flying at full mast.
Emile
(32,178 posts)Irish_Dem
(63,199 posts)He is immune according to the Supreme Court.
And everyone is terrified of him.
No one will cross him.
Scrivener7
(53,835 posts)B.See
(4,306 posts)Drop dead already, cretin.
Paladin
(29,314 posts)Orrex
(64,630 posts)I'll buy a flagpole that's twice normal height and fly that banner high and jubilant.
bucolic_frolic
(48,429 posts)Keep building the wave, DonOld.
Initech
(103,377 posts)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(118,301 posts)3auld6phart
(1,393 posts)A petulant,petty phuckin freak. Gawd damn , just. Cant wait to read his Obituary
debm55
(41,703 posts)
Dem4life1970
(683 posts)...selfish, narcissistic, smelly, ugly, hideous, wretched pig.
NoMoreRepugs
(10,930 posts)mn9driver
(4,636 posts)Whats the price of eggs today, Donnie?
republianmushroom
(18,656 posts)half mast and up side down.
patphil
(7,352 posts)RainCaster
(12,040 posts)And yes I will piss on his grave.
BigMin28
(1,572 posts)Abbott ordered them raised on all texas state buildings on the 20th. I loathe that man as much as Tsf.
Marthe48
(19,937 posts)and when he's dead, I will not display it until 30 days after he's worm food.
MustLoveBeagles
(12,902 posts)He ought to be grateful that voters were dumb enough to re-elect him.
Beartracks
(13,659 posts)viva la
(3,913 posts)There is no norm or moral or ethic he won't violate.
Jack Valentino
(1,627 posts)he's flying the Nazi, Soviet and Confederate flags!
RockRaven
(16,797 posts)Just remember this (amongst others) to throw it in their face any time they whinge about others disrespecting the flag or the Convicted POTUS.
Hope22
(3,443 posts)T does not have an ounce of respect in his body! None of them do!
Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,593 posts)More at 11.
BoRaGard
(3,868 posts)


