Melania Trump accompanies Donald in visiting Jimmy Carter’s casket
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President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania together paid their respects to the late President Jimmy Carter ahead of his funeral. Melania held her husband’s hand as they walked through the Capitol Rotunda to Carter’s casket on Wednesday. While observing Carter lying in state, the Trumps stood with their hands folded in front of them and had a moment of silence.
![[President-elect Donald Trump walks with Melania Trump at the Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235398894-b873.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Melania, dressed in a long black coat, smiled slightly while holding Donald’s hand as they passed other dignitaries. Carter, who died at the age of 100 on December 29 in his home in Plains, Georgia, has been lying in state in Washington, DC, since Tuesday. His state funeral will take place on Thursday. Carter is the US’s longest-living ex-president.
![[US President-elect Donald Trump and former US First Lady Melania Trump pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 8, 2025. Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died at the age of 100 on December 29, 2024 at his home in Plains, Georgia. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP) (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235398769-1171.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Trump and the country’s 39th president criticized each other in the past. But Trump recently praised Carter for doing ‘everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans’. Afterward, the president-elect met with Senate Republicans and discussed his legislative priorities for his 100 days back at the White House.
![[Mandatory Credit: Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (15087364c) President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump visit the casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda as part of a state funeral in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2025. Carter passed away December 29. 2024, at the age of 100. Trump pays respects to former President Jimmy Carter in Capitol rotunda, Washington, United States - 08 Jan 2025]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235399720-4b2e.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
It was the first time that Trump entered the US Capitol since leaving office in January 2021. ‘It feels great,’ Trump told the press in the building. ‘We’re going to get the results, and we’re going to make America great again.’. The Trumps arrived at the US Capitol just hours before police arrested a man with a machete and three knives who was attempting to enter the complex.
![[President-elect Donald Trump walks with Melania Trump at the Capitol Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235398763-08a9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
