Trump Claims He Will Attend Jimmy Carter’s Funeral
The New York Times reports:
President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that he planned to attend former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral in Washington next week, ending speculation about his presence at the memorial for a predecessor whom he had often criticized.
Mr. Trump declined to say whether he had spoken to the family of Mr. Carter, who died on Sunday at age 100. Though attendance at the funeral of a predecessor would be virtually automatic for any other president-elect, Mr. Trump has sometimes skipped memorials for other political titans.
And it could put Mr. Trump near his living predecessors, three of whom — Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and President Biden — have been deeply critical of him.
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