US president-elect Donald Trump has complained that flags would still be lowered to half-staff in honour of the late president Jimmy Carter during his inauguration on 20 January.
President Joe Biden ordered flags lowered to half-staff for 30 days from the day of Mr Carter's death on 29 December, as is custom when a US president dies.
Mr Trump, who has announced plans to attend Mr Carter's memorial service in Washington on 9 January, took issue in a Truth Social post with the flags remaining in the mourning position during his swearing-in ceremony.
"The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my inauguration," Mr Trump said, employing a term frequently used for the lowered position when the flag is on a ship.
"They think it's so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our country, they only think about themselves," Mr Trump said.
He said that due to Mr Carter's death last week the US flag would "for the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President, be at half mast".
"Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out," he said.
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House had no plans to reconsider the decision.
