Posted on 01/14/2025 1:15:56 AM PST by fluorescence
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 Trump’s 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.
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He’s unburdened by what was.
Bravo! I wonder what DeSantis’s response is.
Looks good. This man fights!
I stopped doing this when Whitney Houston died of a drug overdose and I was told I should lower my flag by the government.
Only on government buildings...
Thirty days seems excessive. We have five more live presidents, four over 75. We could end up with our flag flying half-staff till summer.
“initially lowered to half-staff according to protocol “
Yesterday or Sunday someone posted here that the 30-day thing only applies if the POTUS died while in office. If not a sitting president, there’s no stipulation. Could be one day, could be a thousand.
Like McCain’s, Mr. Carter’s funeral observances seemed to go on forever. And apparently he planned his own events, probably to attract the greatest media attention (slavishly given) over the longest number of days. He was a lousy president. Enough said.
I fully support Trump. But that is disrespectful. Attack me if you want.
Gov. Abbott of Texas has ordered flags to full staff for inauguration day citing flag regs that say to do so.
I’d give any president ONE Day of half-staff. This is ridiculous.
“Funerals are for the living, the dead care not”.
I like that it is disrespectful. Since when do we respect our enemies?
Jimmy Carter does not deserve that much respect.
“All this over a damn flag?”
30 days is obnoxious. We should not be treating former Presidents (or any government official) as royalty. Some of this pomp and circumstance makes me cringe.
We’re supposed to be equals. Government staff at all levels are supposed to be public servants. Not royalty.
My neighbors with flags never lowered theirs. The neighborhood I live in doesn’t think much of Jimmy Carter - OR Drooling Joe Biden!
( scalia ?)
JUST so they could have the optics of a country mourning at trumps inauguration with a half mast flag. .
I guess they will try to impeach him again!
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