President-elect Donald Trump paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter in the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday.
Trump will meet with Senate Republicans on Wednesday to discuss how to advance his agenda once he returns to the White House.
President-elect Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump salute in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 8, 2025.
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Carter, the nation’s 39th president, lies in state at his state funeral in the nation’s capital.
Carter will be honored with a funeral service Thursday at Washington National Cathedral, just a few miles from the White House.
President Joe Biden is ready to deliver the praise. Trump said he will attend the funeral despite them history of mutual criticism.
President-elect Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump salute in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 8, 2025.
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The flag-draped casket of former US President Jimmy Carter lies in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 8, 2025 in Washington.
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Trump, who has hailed Carter as a “good man”, has in recent days taken aim at the Panama Canal treaty that saw the US cede control of the critical waterway to the Central American nation.
The president-elect, who will be sworn in later this month, has also complained about flags being flown at half-staff during his 30 days of mourning for Carter. Trump he said that “no American can be happy.”
Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, was remembered by several events in his native Georgia before his remains were flown to Washington on Tuesday.
Carter’s family members walked down Pennsylvania Avenue behind his flag-draped casket, which was carried in a horse-drawn casket to the Capitol.
Family members watch as former President Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped casket is carried into a horse-drawn casket at the U.S. Army Memorial before traveling to the Capitol on January 7, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson made statements in the Rotunda. Vice President Kamala Harris gave a eulogy to celebrate her presidency as well as her own humanitarian work after leaving office
“We’ve heard a lot today and in recent days about President Carter’s impact in the four decades since he left the White House, and rightfully so,” Harris said. “Jimmy Carter set a new standard for what it means to be a former president, and he leaves an extraordinary post-presidency legacy.”
