President-elect Donald Trump revealed Tuesday that he plans on attending the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
Trump, 78, informed reporters forward of a New 12 months’s Eve get together at his Mar-a-Lago property that he was invited to the thirty ninth president’s state funeral in Washington, DC, which is scheduled to happen on Jan. 9.
“I do. I’ll be there. We have been invited,” Trump mentioned about his plans for the Carter funeral, along with his spouse Melania standing by his facet.
The president-elect, carrying a black-tie tuxedo, was coy when requested if he had spoken to any members of the Carter household.
“I’d somewhat not say,” responded.
President Biden, who is anticipated to ship Carter’s eulogy on the Washington Nationwide Cathedral subsequent week, has declared that the longest residing president’s funeral might be a nationwide day of mourning.
The Georgia Democrat’s funeral will come lower than two weeks earlier than Trump’s presidential inauguration.
Carter died Sunday at his Plains, Ga., house on the age of 100 – greater than a yr after coming into hospice care.
Trump launched a number of statements on social media honoring Carter within the hours after his loss of life.
“The challenges Jimmy confronted as President got here at a pivotal time for our nation and he did all the things in his energy to enhance the lives of all People,” the president-elect wrote in a Reality Social publish. “For that, all of us owe him a debt of gratitude.”
“Melania and I are pondering warmly of the Carter Household and their family members throughout this tough time. We urge everybody to maintain them of their hearts and prayers,” he added.
In a separate publish, Trump mentioned that whereas he “strongly disagreed” with Carter “philosophically and politically,” he believes the thirty ninth president “actually beloved and revered our Nation, and all it stands for.”
“He labored exhausting to make America a greater place, and for that I give him my highest respect,” Trump added. “He was a very good man and, after all, might be vastly missed. He was additionally very consequential, excess of most Presidents, after he left the Oval Workplace. Warmest condolences from Melania and I to his fantastic household!”
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