He could make a big show of it. Pretend to honour carter and the institution etc
But no, just like Covid, he prefers an own goal
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Of course, Carter aside, I’d certainly say Trump taking office again is half-mast worthy, being a national tragedy.
Because the tradition and protocol indicates that when a former president dies, flags are lowered to half staff.
Dumbass Trump doesn't like it because it's not about him.
I hope Carter's ghost brings bitter, freezing rain that lasts the whole of inauguration day.
Blizzard and forces the whole thing to be cancelled.
Or... don't cancel it and Trump dies of hypothermia.
He would just skip it and let his supporters get hypothermia. Again.
Trump dies of hypothermia
Bird flu.
kung flu would be perfect.
Id rather see him slip and fall, smash his head open on the ground then roll around in agony until he slowly dies.
That or buckshot/12ga slug to the face
I hope, when Trump finally carks it, whoever is president orders the opposite of half staff. Whatever that is.
(I'd say fly it upside down, except that's a sign of distress. Maybe fly it on it's long edge and backwards?)
"In celebration, all flag poles will be doubled in height!"
Flags shall be flown from a balloon tethered to the top of the flagpole.
Normally I'd be against the waste of helium but I'm prepared to make an exception.
The president can just comment "Trump died today and that's all I'm gonna say about that" and move on, no questions taken.
Maybe while pulling one of those confetti party poppers.
Fireworks, parades, and a new national holiday.
I hope it's a beautiful day. Clear blue skies. Mild temperatures. Lots of big expensive smiles on display. And then when it starts raining RPGs everyone gets mad at the weatherman for getting the forecast wrong and ruining an innocent stage packed with perfectly awful alleged humans.
Dumbass Trump doesn't like it because it's not about him.
I can't wait for the flags to be half staff because of him.
Half staff is all he can reach anyway, even with assistance
I'll got fireworks ready and a flag set to go full mast
Dumbass Trump doesn't like it because it's not about him.
And some of us will love to pretend that it IS about him, one last act of defiance by a dying democracy towards the people about to murder it.
Yeah. The rule is for people who respect our country and aren't actively engaged in treason against it. Trump is incapable of comprehending it.
"It's not like anyone liked Jimmy Carter anyway," muttered Trump, as he walked home, his head lowered and kicking a can down the road.
What a little bitch baby. It's like a kid that goes to a birthday party and throws a temper tantrum because everyone is paying attention to the other kid.
If Trump wasn't an egotistical shithead he would use this to his advantage.
I know this is tradition, but doesn't it usually only last a day or two? I don't know if this is a special case, or I've just never seen anyone keeping the flag at half-mast for the traditional length of time.
From the article it sounds like it's just set arbitrarily for up to 30 days. I really hope that means Biden set it to the full 30, just to fuck with Trump.
doesn't it usually only last a day or two?
From the article:
U.S. flag code dictates that flags remain lowered for the 30-day period from the death of a former president. But that code isn’t mandatory, so once he becomes president, Trump could technically override it.
So I gather the answer to your question is "yes, but also no".
"Could technically" means he will, because he's a manbaby who must have his way and must have revenge if he doesn't. Even if the revenge is against a dead man.
So dumpty trumpty will just override that at the White House and all this is, is a bunch of bitching about Biden. What a whiny little fuck. Streisand Effect: Since it pisses him off, we as citizens can fly our own flags at half mast and he can't do a damn thing about it. Don't turn them upside down though because the maga nazis do that to support the orange cancer.
“I’m the only thing that matters.” -Trump
why are they not at half mast for the terrorist attack that just happened in New Orleans?
Carter is a war criminal. Those people in NO were innocent.
Because sense and decorum are dead