Donald Trump Mocks Jimmy Carter on His Milestone 100th Birthday

Mar. 15, 2025

Donald Trump, left, criticized Jimmy Carter, right, on the 39th president of the United States' milestone 100th birthday.Photo:Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty, Jessica McGowan/Getty

Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty, Jessica McGowan/Getty

Donald Trumpmocked fellow former PresidentJimmy Carterduring a campaign speech on his predecessor’shistoric 100th birthday.

Trump, 78, brought up the 39th president of the U.S. whilespeaking at a manufacturing facilityin Waunakee, Wis., on Tuesday, Oct. 1, according toPBS.

Trump’s comment about the Carter legacy was made asother Republican leadersput aside partisanship to honor the longest-living president’s centennial birthday, which came more than 19 months after heentered hospice carein February 2023.

Carter has been critical of Trump in the past. During a 2018 interview withCBS News, he claimed that Trump was “very careless with the truth,” a notion also raised in an interview withThe Washington Postthat same year.

“I think he’s a disaster … In human rights and in treating people equal,” Carter said at the time, before former first ladyRosalynn Carter— whodied in November 2023— chimed in.

“The worst is that he is not telling the truth, and that just hurts everything,” she added.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter marked his 100th birthday on Tuesday, Oct. 1.Eddie Mullholland-WPA Pool/Getty

Eddie Mullholland-WPA Pool/Getty

Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson, recently told theAtlanta Journal-Constitutionthat his grandfatherhopes to live long enough to cast his votein this year’s presidential election.

“I’m only trying to make it to vote forKamala Harris,” President Carter reportedly told loved ones.

Early voting in Georgia, where Carter lives, opens on Oct. 15 for the Nov. 5 election, and absentee ballots are sent out up to 29 days before the election. Georgia does not have any laws prohibiting a ballot from being counted if someone dies between the early voting period and Election Day.

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Carter is currently theoldest living former presidentandlongest-living president in U.S. history.

Trump is currentlythe oldest presidential nominee in U.S. historyand thesecond-oldest personto be sworn in as president, behind Biden.

source: people.com