USA Trump pays tribute to the late Carter at the US Capitol
US President-elect Donald Trump has paid his respects to the late former President Jimmy Carter in the capital Washington.
09.01.2025, 07:56
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The Republican visited the laid-out coffin in the Capitol on Wednesday evening (local time) together with his wife Melania. Trump will begin his second term in office in a few days and also met with Republican party colleagues during the visit. He told reporters that it felt "great" to be back in the Capitol. "It couldn't feel better."
Carter died on December 29 at the age of 100. The Democrat sat in the White House from 1977 to 1981. A large funeral service is planned for today in the US capital. The funeral is to take place later in a private circle in Carter's home town of Plains in Georgia. Funeral services had already begun in his home state on Saturday.
Trump annoyed about mourning flag and Panama Canal
The body was then flown to the US capital on Tuesday and the coffin was laid out in the Capitol. However, the signs of mourning will be visible beyond Thursday. Outgoing US President Joe Biden has ordered flags of mourning for 30 days, which also means that the flags will fly at half-mast on the day his successor Trump is sworn in, something the Republican is publicly outraged about.
Trump had few kind words for Carter recently anyway. He criticized the fact that the Panama Canal was once built "at enormous cost to the USA" and then "foolishly given away" by President Carter. Now he is calling for the USA to take back control of one of the world's most important trade routes. Panama's government rejects this.
