{"id":2393990,"date":"2025-01-22T19:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-carters-grandson-defends-trump-raising-flags-for-inauguration-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T19:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:22:29","slug":"jimmy-carters-grandson-defends-trump-raising-flags-for-inauguration-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-carters-grandson-defends-trump-raising-flags-for-inauguration-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carter&#8217;s grandson defends Trump raising flags for inauguration &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjimmy-carters-grandson-defends-trump-raising-flags-for-inauguration-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393990&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-the-ever-given-ship-that-blocked-the-suez-canal-on-fire\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show The Ever Given Ship That Blocked The Suez Canal On Fire?\">text appears<\/a> to contain HTML and\u2062 XML code snippets used \u2064for web page functionality rather then a coherent narrative or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-buys-81-old-russian-mig-fighter-jets-for-2-million-sounds-like-a-cheap-gift-for-zelensky\/\" title=\"The U.S. Military purchases 81 old Russian MIG fighter jets for  million, a potential bargain for Zelensky\">content summary<\/a>. it includes elements for a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button, mobile menu\u200d buttons, and a search feature, along with references to a specific website, the Washington Examiner. 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Flags were ordered to be displayed at half-staff for 30 days following Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s Dec. 29 death.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the uncustomary move, Jason Carter said he understood it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Others in my family may disagree, but it did not bother me at all. President Trump was incredibly gracious to us,&rdquo; he said on the <em>Politically Georgia<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grandson Jason Carter walks by and touches the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter after speaking a tribute at the state funeral for Carter at Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Ben Curtis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jason Carter met with Trump in a closed-door meeting recently. &ldquo;He was very respectful. And I don&rsquo;t think I have any problems saying, on this particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">trump<\/a>-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains&#8221;>day<\/a>, let&rsquo;s raise the flags in honor of this peaceful transfer of power,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump later signed an executive order declaring that the flag must be at full-staff for all inauguration days in the future, preventing a similar predicament.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Carter is a former Democratic state senator for Georgia and ran in the 2014 gubernatorial election for his state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s very hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. It&rsquo;s very hard to tell what&rsquo;s a serious policy and what&rsquo;s just theater,&rdquo; he said regarding Trump&rsquo;s statements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lot of his theater stuff, I think Democrats reacted to the last time he was in office, and we all get consumed by it, in both parties, without really focusing necessarily on the things that actually matter,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">late president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s grandson added.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Carter assisted his grandfather while he was in hospice care for over a year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1944036\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1944036\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Carter&#8217;s grandson supports Trump raising flags on Inauguration Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2393991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jason-Carter.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7742,15377,35907,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2393990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-flags","tag-inauguration","tag-jimmy-carter","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Jason-Carter.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393990"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393994,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393990\/revisions\/2393994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}