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Donald Trump says he plans to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he planned to attend former president Jimmy Carter’s state funeral in Washington next week, ending speculation about his presence at the memorial for a predecessor whom he had often criticized.
Trump declined to say whether he had spoken to the family of Carter, who died Sunday at age 100. Though attendance at the funeral of a predecessor would be virtually automatic for any other president-elect, Trump has sometimes skipped memorials for o... [4213 chars]