President-elect Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday to complain that the American flag will be flown at half-staff for his inauguration due to the period of mourning for the recently deceased former President Jimmy Carter.
President-elect Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform on Friday to complain that the American flag will be flown at half-staff for his inauguration due to the period of mourning for the recently deceased former President Jimmy Carter.
To follow-up on another reply to you the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) first encounters the phrase as you mention it in 1588 but acknowledges that it later spread to incorporate buildings; and can still be used in both respects now.