Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that flags will fly at full-staff at the Capitol on the day of President-elect Trump’s inauguration and then will be lowered back to half-staff to honor

President-elect Donald J. Trump had complained that flags were scheduled to fly at half-staff — a symbol of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter — on the day of his inauguration.

Balancing the respect due to the living and the dead, House Speaker Mike Johnson has issued an order about the flying of American flags at the U.S. Capitol. President Joe Biden had ordered that flags be at half-staff for a full month after the death of former President Jimmy Carter.