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.
SOMBER VISIT US President-elect Donald Trump and his wife former first lady Melania Trump visit the flag-draped casket of former US President Jimmy Carter at the US Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Carter's body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda until a funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on Jan. 9. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on Dec. 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. PHOTO BY KAYLA BARTKOWSKI/ GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP