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'Nobody wants to see this!' Trump vents fury over flags being half-staff for inauguration (www.rawstory.com)

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President-elect Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday to complain that the American flag will be flown at half-staff for his inauguration due to the period of mourning for the recently deceased former President Jimmy Carter.

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[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Using a dictionary to prove two words are similar is not relevant here. The American terminology is half-staff not half-mast.

If you had done even some basic research on American flag ceremony and the terminology we use, you wouldn't be so confidently incorrect on the subject.

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