"Melania and I are thinking warmly of the Carter family and their loved ones during this difficult time. We urge everyone to keep them in their hearts and prayers.”
President-elect Donald Trump reacted to the news of the death of former President Jimmy Carter by remembering “the challenges he faced” during “a pivotal time for country.”
In a statement released on Sunday, Trump said, “I just heard of the news about the passing of President Jimmy Carter. Those of us who have been fortunate to have served as president understand this is a very exclusive club, and only we can relate to the enormous responsibility of leading the greatest nation in history, the challenges Jimmy faced as president came at a pivotal time for our country, and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans,” Trump said.
“For that, we owe him a debt of gratitude. Melania and I are thinking warmly of the Carter family and their loved ones during this difficult time. We urge everyone to keep them in their hearts and prayers.”
In a recent speech that included his musing about taking back possession of the Panama Canal, Trump remembered that it was Carter who “gave it away” to the Panamanians. Carter died Sunday at the age of 100. He was the 39th president at a time of high inflation and endured the Iranian hostage crisis for the last year and two months of his presidency. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize winner for his work in brokering a peace deal between Israel and Egypt at the Camp David talks. He was defeated after one term by Republican challenger Ronald Reagan.
He recently spoke about living long enough to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. His wife Rosalynn passed away in November 2023 at age 96.
Carter became president in 1976, just after the Watergate scandal. He was seen as a political outsider who had served as the governor of Georgia. He had a successful peanut farm and served in the US Navy.
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