President-elect Trump has won at least one battle in advance of Monday’s inauguration ceremony.

Flags at the U.S. Capitol will be flown at full-staff when Trump is sworn in for the second time. Trump had previously been exasperated by the idea that flags would be flown at half-staff in commemoration of former President Carter, who died Dec. 29, aged 100.

But Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) came to Trump’s aid, quashing any fear that his second inauguration would be marked by visuals of flags flying in mourning.

Earlier this week, Johnson wrote on social media that, come Monday, “the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump.”

Johnson noted that the flags would return to half-staff in memory of Carter the following day.

The roots of the dispute lie in the practice of lowering flags to half-staff for 30 days following the death of any former president. President Biden had followed that procedure following Carter’s death, and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had noted that he did not plan to change the regular pattern to accommodate Trump.

The president-elect, however, has been complaining about the issue for weeks — and casting the proposed flying of flags at half-staff as a mark of Democratic disrespect.

In a social media post on Jan. 3, Trump complained that Democrats were........

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