WASHINGTON — US President-elect Donald Trump paid tribute to the late Jimmy Carter as he lay in state in Washington on Wednesday.

Stony-faced and silent, Trump stood with his wife Melania for several minutes before former president Carter's flag-draped coffin in the soaring Rotunda inside the US Capitol, then took a deep breath and Melania's hand as they turned and left.

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