'It's inappropriate I guess': Trump slams beloved former president prior to his funeral

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Trump once called Biden "the worst" president in U.S. history, and said that he made Carter look "brilliant" by comparison -- and he said this on Carter's 100th birthday!
51% : In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that Democrats were "giddy" that the half-mast period is set to coincide with his Inauguration, and raged at the fact that the American flag may not fly at its full height during the ceremony.
35% : When it comes to respect for both politics and people, Trump always fails to show it .
30% : Donald Trump has ramped up two of his political habits over the last months: insulting heads of state and demanding land that isn't his.
28% : Trump is reportedly weighing the decision to use military force to take back the Canal, and is also considering using the military to take the island of Greenland away from Denmark.
28% : In the wake of former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation from his position as the nation's leader, Trump repeated his months old jab of calling Canada the "51st State."
24% : After the announcement that federally flown American flags would be lowered to half mast for a thirty day mourning period honoring the fallen president, Trump used the opportunity to take a shot at his political opponents.
15% : After Trump emerged the victor in the 2016 election, Carter declared that the results should be investigated on grounds of Russian interference and said that the findings could prove that Trump "didn't actually win."
12% : "While Carter was still living, he and Trump feuded on multiple occasions.
8% : "Nobody wants to talk about the Panama Canal now, it's inappropriate I guess, because it's a bad part of the Carter legacy," said Trump at a recent press conference.
5% : The Panama Canal isn't the only cause that Trump has used to insult Carter.
5% : Trump later shot back at Carter while at the G20 Summit in 2019, calling him a "terrible president.
5% : "Trump has also used Carter to critique the Biden administration as a whole, and draws frequent comparisons between the deceased former president and the current.
4% : After the death of former president Jimmy Carter -- a Noble Prize winning humanitarian and famously devoted husband -- Trump has doubled down on his insults to the former president's legacy, and has taken particular umbrage towards Carter's decision to return the Panama Canal to Panamanians.
2% : In the lead-up to Carter's funeral, Trump has repeatedly bemoaned the decision, erroneously claiming that Carter sold the Panama Canal "for a dollar," and called it a "disgrace" and a "terrible thing to do."

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