President-elect Donald Trump paid his respects to former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday on the Capitol Rotunda.
Trump is ready to satisfy with Senate Republicans later Wednesday to debate methods to transfer ahead on advancing his agenda as soon as he returns to the White Home.
President-elect Donald Trump and former First Woman Melania Trump pay their respects in entrance of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter on the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Jan. 8, 2025.
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Carter, the nation’s thirty ninth president, is mendacity in state as a part of his state funeral within the nation’s capital.
Carter is being honored with a funeral service on Thursday at Washington Nationwide Cathedral, simply miles north of the White Home.
President Joe Biden is ready to ship the eulogy. Trump mentioned he may even be attending the funeral regardless of their historical past of mutual criticism.
President-elect Donald Trump and former First Woman Melania Trump pay their respects in entrance of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter on the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Jan. 8, 2025.
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The flag-draped casket of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter lies in state within the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump, who has praised Carter as a “good man,” has in latest days taken intention at his Panama Canal treaty that resulted within the U.S. ceding management of the important waterway to the Central American nation.
The president-elect, who will likely be sworn in later this month, has additionally griped about flags being half-staff throughout his inauguration due to the 30-day mourning interval for Carter. Trump mentioned that “no American might be pleased about it.”
Carter, who died on Dec. 29 on the age of 100, was remembered with a number of occasions in his residence state of Georgia earlier than his stays had been transported to Washington on Tuesday.
Members of Carter’s household walked down Pennsylvania Avenue behind his flag-draped casket being carried in a horse-drawn caisson to the Capitol.
Members of the family look on because the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter is transferred to a horse-drawn caisson on the U.S. Navy Memorial earlier than touring on to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7, 2025.
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Republican Senate Majority Chief John Thune and Home Speaker Mike Johnson gave remarks within the Rotunda. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a eulogy celebrating his presidency but additionally his humanitarian work after he left workplace.
“We’ve heard a lot at present and in latest days about President Carter’s affect within the 4 many years after he left the White Home, rightly so,” Harris mentioned. “Jimmy Carter established a brand new mannequin for what it means to be a former president, and leaves a rare put up presidential legacy.”
