US President-elect Donald Trump has opposed American flags being flown at half-staff at his inauguration on January 20.

US President-elect Donald Trump has objected to American flags being flown at half-staff at his inauguration on January 20, as is customary for a month in honor of the late former President Jimmy Carter.

President Joe Biden has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for 30 days after Carter’s death on December 29, which is customary when a US president dies.

Trump, who said he plans to attend Carter’s memorial service in Washington on January 9, disputed that in a post on Truth Social.

“All the Democrats are ‘ecstatic’ that our glorious American flag will be at half-staff during my inauguration,” he said.

“They think it’s so wonderful and they’re so happy about it because they don’t really love our country, they’re just thinking about themselves,” he added.

Trump noted that because of Carter’s death last week, the American flag “will be flown at half-staff for the first time in history during the inauguration of a future president.”

“Nobody wants that and no American can be happy about that. We’ll see how it turns out,” he said.

White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre said the White House had no intention of reconsidering the decision.