Editor:
President-Elect Donald Trump is having a fit (“Top 10 Stories of 2024”, Dec. 26). Former President Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, and according to custom, all public flags will be flown at half-staff for 30 days. This will include his inauguration day, and Trump can’t stand the fact that the flags will appear less than full staff during his ceremony.
He’s so self-absorbed, he thinks the Democrats are “all giddy” and “happy” about this. He posted such on Truth Social, adding they “don’t love our country, they only think about themselves.”
Based on Trump’s history, I would say that the last phrase is more an apt description of Trump himself. And I imagine if it had been a Republican former president who had died, he might gladly share the day with the memory of a great predecessor.
If there is a supreme being, I think it would be appropriate for them to generate a great tempest that day as a bit of poetic justice.
But on the other hand, maybe not. Those same clouds could provide Trump a proverbial silver lining.
It could give him the opportunity to sell “I Survived the Storm” inaugural umbrellas and galoshes, adding more items to his MAGA collection.
Sherman Schapiro, Eureka
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