Patricia Murphy: Trump is about to tear down the house that Carter built

(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) WASHINGTON — New York developers like President-elect Donald Trump usually tear something down to make way for what’s coming. It became clear during the three days of Washington tributes to the late President Jimmy Carter this week that much of what Carter was praised for are accomplishments that Trump has promised to dismantle once he’s sworn into office in less than two weeks.

It makes sense when you think about it. In fact, if you tried to design Jimmy Carter’s polar opposite in a lab, you couldn’t do much better than the glitzy, brash New Yorker.

While Trump is known to love the pageantry and trappings of the White House, the grand pomp of Carter’s state funeral this week might have embarrassed the famously simple man from Plains. There were 21-gun salutes and the parades through the city, motorcades and constant tributes. Even Trump, who once called Carter the worst president in history, went to the Capitol rotunda Wednesday to pay a silent, respectful tribute where Carter lay in state.

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