Donald Trump reveals the bitter reason he believes Jimmy Carter “died a happy man”

President Donald Trump said he believes former president Jimmy Carter “Death a happy man” – but it was not exactly a polite comment in context.

During an oval office meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on April 17, Trump shared comments on two former US presidents, Carter and former president Joe Biden. Carter, who was The longest living US presidentDied on December 29 at the age of 100.

“The last administration, the only thing they were good at was cheating in elections. That was all they could do,” claimed Trump and repeated a debunked lie that Biden stole the election in 2020. “They could not do anything. They were worthless. They were incompetent – worst administration in our country’s history.”

Then Trump Carter brought into the conversation and said that the last administration was “worse than Jimmy Carter.”

“Jimmy Carter died a happy man,” Trump continued. “You know why? Because he wasn’t the worst. President Joe Biden was.”

Trump shared similar comments on Carter’s 100th birthday on October 1, claiming that Carter was “the happiest man because Jimmy Carter is considered a brilliant president” compared to Biden.

Although Carter was a Democrat, Republican politicians interrupted party departments to honor their historical birthday.

Days after Carter’s death and more than two weeks before Trump took office for his second term-expressed, Trump frustration for US flags to fly half-staff during his inauguration.

The exercise – which applies to “all federal buildings, grounds and navy ships” – is standard for death for any current or former president, according to The United States Department of Veteran issuesand lasts for 30 days later.

“In any case, because of President Jimmy Carter’s death, the flag for the first time ever ever during an inauguration of a future president may be half mast,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social Post January 3rd. “Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy with it.”

Yet the flags were on Complete on the opening day. The speaker of the house Mike Johnson On January 14, explained that the male person responsible for lowering the flags in the Capitol building-would make sure the flags were completed at Trump’s inauguration.

Carter was never Trump’s biggest fan. In an interview in 2018 with Washington Post., The former president damned Trump’s character and his politics – a sudden shift for Carter, as he had been less voice over the White House movements than other former presidents.

“I think he is a disaster … in human rights and in treating people equally,” said the 39th president.

His wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carteradded: “The worst is that he doesn’t tell the truth and that it just hurts everything.”

Weeks later, Carter spoke again against Trump. In an interview with CBS newsCarter said Trump is “sloppy with the truth.”

“I think it is well known that the incumbent president is very careless with the truth,” Carter said. “I think I went through my campaign and my presidency without ever lying to the people or making a conscious false statement, and I think it would be a very valuable thing to reintroduce in politics today.”