Due to Trump's inauguration, mourning for Carter's death is suspended for one day

On the inauguration day of the new president, Donald Trump, on Monday, January 20, the US flags at the US Capitol will be raised to the top of the mast, temporarily interrupting for one day the 30-day national period of mourning for the death of former president Jimmy Carter, during which the flags have been flown at half-staff.

With that decision, US House Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged Trump's refusal to take the oath of office under the flag at half-mast.

Some Republican US state governors had previously announced that, regardless of the days of mourning, flags in their states would be flown at full-staff on Trump's inauguration day.

The governors of Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas indicated that flags in their states would be lowered to half-staff again on January 21 in mourning for Carter.

By order of President Joseph Biden, flags are at half-staff for 30 days on federal government buildings, embassies, and other U.S. facilities abroad, including military installations, as well as on ships.

The mourning is expected to last until January 28, which covers Trump's inauguration and his first week in office, but it is possible that once he becomes president on January 20, he could rescind Biden's order and return the flags to the top of the staffs.

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