Trump says he’ll attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral

President-elect Donald Trump mentioned he would attend subsequent week’s state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the previous U.S. president who died on Sunday on the age of 100, and predicted that solely Home Speaker Mike Johnson might win the vote for the Home’s prime job.

As Trump entered a New Yr’s Eve Social gathering at his Mar-a-Lago house in Florida on Tuesday, he was requested by a reporter whether or not he deliberate to be available for Carter’s funeral on the Nationwide Cathedral on Jan. 9 in Washington, D.C..

“I do. I will be there. We have been invited,” Trump mentioned, declining to say whether or not he had spoken with any of Carter’s members of the family since his demise.

On the black tie gala attended by billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk, Senator Ted Cruz and different supporters, Trump was additionally requested what message he had for Republicans who haven’t adopted his lead and backed Home Speaker Johnson’s re-election bid.

The Home is scheduled to elect a speaker on Friday following the swearing-in of the brand new Congress. Trump’s endorsement of Johnson on Monday was seen as key to Johnson’s hopes of sustaining the publish he assumed in October 2023.

However the transfer by thirty-four Republicans to vote towards Johnson’s stopgap funding invoice in December raised questions over whether or not Johnson would possibly battle to garner sufficient assist for re-election.

“I feel they’re going to assist Speaker Johnson,” Trump informed reporters. “He is the one that may win proper now. Virtually all people likes him. Others are superb, too, however they’ve 30 or 40 folks that do not like them.”