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While I strongly disagreed with him philosophically and politically, I also realized that he truly loved and respected our Country, and all it stands for,
Trump wrote of Carter
There’s a whole light over the whole world, not just our country. They’re a lot of happy people,
Trump said of recent weeksI just want everybody to be happy, healthy and well.”
Asked about his resolutions for the new year, Trump saidI’ll put it this way: they better let the hostages come back soon.”
Trump added of hostages seized more than a year ago by HamasWe’re going to see what happens.”
He was asked about the possibility of a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, but said onlyI do. I'll be there. We were invited,
Trump said, declining to say whether he had spoken with any of Carter's family members since his death
I think they'll support Speaker Johnson,
Trump told reportersI'd rather not say."
When asked a follow-up question about whether he had spoken to any of Carter's family members, the Republican demurred, responding
Both pursued the same policies and both failed, and both will go down in history as lousy presidents, but Carter, in his defense, was an honest man,
Shirley said
We've never been united as a country, and so the fact that we're divided over flags at half-staff for Jimmy Carter and interrupting the Trump inaugural is to be expected,
Shirley told the Washington ExaminerRecollections of the Carter presidency will be perceived and processed through partisan lenses, and, even if his passing brings Americans together for a brief moment, the unity is unlikely to last long,
Panagopoulos told the Washington ExaminerHe was a terrible president,
Republican strategist Scott Jennings said on CNNToday is Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday,
House Speaker Mike Johnson spokesman Bobby LaValley wrote in an email to reporters in OctoberMany Americans will be unable to see past the party label attached to his name,
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He will be remembered forever as a name that defends the idea that peace is the most important condition for development,
Lula said
The challenges Jimmy faced as president came at a pivotal time for our country and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans,
he said on social mediaIn recognition of President Carter’s long and distinguished service to the nation, it is our intention to ask the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to permit his remains lie in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol,
the lawmakers wroteThis will allow an opportunity for the American people to pay their respects to President Carter,
the Carter Center said
America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,
Biden said in a statement SundayI call on the American people to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President James Earl Carter, Jr.,
Biden wrote in a statement