President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
Funeral services honouring ex-US President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, beginning January 4 and concluding January 9.
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter.
Asked about it as he walked into a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, "I'll be there.바카라 Pressed on whether he'd spoken to members of Carter's family, Trump said he'd rather not say.
Funeral services honouring Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, beginning January 4 and concluding January 9.
Trump was a frequent and fierce critic of Carter on the campaign trail ahead of November's election, using the rising inflation rates of the 1970s to unfavourably compare President Joe Biden to Carter and his administration.
But the president-elect was gracious about the former president in posts on his social media site after Carter's death Sunday, writing that the nation 바카라owed him a debt of gratitude.바카라
바카라While I strongly disagreed with him philosophically and politically, I also realised that he truly loved and respected our Country, and all it stands for,바카라 Trump wrote of Carter. 바카라He worked hard to make America a better place, and for that I give him my highest respect.바카라
Wearing a tuxedo as he entered the festivities, Trump took a few minutes of questions from reporters on various topics. He was asked about the possibility of a ceasefire in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza, but said only, 바카라We're going to see what happens."
The president-elect added of hostages seized more than a year ago by Hamas, 바카라I'll put it this way: They better let the hostages come back soon."
Trump also said he thought 2025 would be a 바카라great year바카라 and "we're going to do fantastically well as a country.바카라
바카라There's a whole light over the whole world, not just our country. They're a lot of happy people,바카라 Trump said of recent weeks.
Asked about his resolutions for the new year, Trump said, 바카라I just want everybody to be happy, healthy and well.바카라
Trump later took the stage to briefly address the crowd ringing in the new year at Mar-a-Lago and promised 바카라to do a great job as your president.바카라
Biden, for his part, spent New Year's Eve celebrating the wedding of his niece Missy Owens in Greenville, Delaware, followed by the reception in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Biden and first lady Jill Biden cut short their traditional holiday trip to the US Virgin Islands to attend the ceremony. (AP) GSP