What other explanation is there?
I’m glad he made them wait.
I love President Trump, but this was a mistake.
It seems that the flag is at half mast for just about any reason. It has become so bad that I rarely see it at the top of the pole.
Flying the flag at half-staff is pretty much a meaningless gesture anymore.
This was a stupid precedent to start !
The flags will be lowered every other week .
Not a big deal to me. We have more important issues that needs my blood pressure raised.
They criticize him for not flying the flags now they will criticize him for flying the flags. It’s just a troll
My understanding is that the flag is only flown at half last for a political official or military hero.
Why?
I like to say I’m so old I remember when the flag used to fly at full staff.
This flying the flag at half staff for everything is really out of control. It used to be (and, IIRC, the US Flag still states it is) reserved for major political figures: presidents, Senators, governors, etc.
These days, we might as well just lower it every time a reality star overdoses.
Whatever staff member receives these requests ( and there have got to be many) probably applied a standard this local crime against a local business that claimed 5 victims - did not meet for a national order
The local democrat mayor is grandstanding this as a national event and had a public tantrum
The newspaper thinks they are victims of a trump inspired assault on
journalism
A surviving staff member told the president to F-— off when he expressed condolences - little surprise Trump made no further expressions publicly
The haters see this as yet another way to attack the president
Its all a huge slime pit by people seeking attention and personal publicity and you know what? The fact that this feeding frenzy of publicity piles a heavy burden in the grieving families means NOTHING to any if these people
When five people get shot in Baltimore, it’s not even a story. This is elitist.
Is the flag ever not at half staff these days?
This had become a joke.
Some nutty disgruntled incel, murders a few people at a newspaper because they did a news report on his stalking, and that is a national day of mourning? By that standard the flags might as well just stop at half mast all the time
Why don’t we just leave it at half staff? Someone great dies every day.
A chicken response to a bullshit request that further reduces the importance and impact of a flag event.
Oh, really? I wasn’t aware of that. Still not aware of it, so there’s no half mast. ;-)
After druggie Whitney Houston, it was on its way to become meaningless.