President-elect Donald Trump raised the flags at his Mar-a-Lago residence to full-staff in open defiance of the protocol to keep flags at half-staff following the death of a former president.
Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 two weeks ago. Flags across the nation, including in Washington, D.C., and Florida’s state capital, remain at half-staff in Carter’s honor. Tradition calls for flags to remain in that position for a month after a president’s death. President Joe Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) ordered all flags to be lowered through Jan. 28.
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