Donald Trump joins visitors paying respects to Jimmy Carter

Donald Trump joins visitors paying respects to Jimmy Carter
President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump pause at the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

President-elect Donald Trump visited the Capitol Rotunda in Washington on Wednesday to pay his respects to Jimmy Carter as the 39th president lies in state ahead of his funeral on Thursday.

Mr Carter was often the target of Mr Trump’s derision during his 2024 campaign and the president-elect has renewed his critique of the Georgia Democrat this week for ceding control of the Panama Canal to its home country when he was president more than four decades ago.

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