The president said Democrats were "all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my Inauguration."

American flags are back to full-staff at the U.S. Capitol in honor of Donald Trump's inauguration, breaking the U.S. flag code's guidelines for mourning the death of Jimmy Carter

Despite the rule being well known and previously observed, the incoming president was vocally unhappy about the flags flying at half-mast during his inauguration. Trump said the Democrats were "giddy" about the idea of having lower flags during his inauguration.