Trump Orders Flags Lowered To Half-Mast For 3 Days

The Associated Press reports:

President Trump has announced that flags on all Federal Buildings and National Monuments will be at half-staff in memory of Americans who have died from coronavirus.

The President made the announcement on his Twitter page and says flags will stay at half-staff over the next three days. According to Johns Hopkins University, there have been over 94,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday requested President Donald Trump order flags on public buildings nationwide to fly at half-staff when the U.S. coronavirus death toll reaches 100,000.

I will be lowering the flags on all Federal Buildings and National Monuments to half-staff over the next three days in memory of the Americans we have lost to the CoronaVirus….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2020

….On Monday, the flags will be at half-staff in honor of the men and women in our Military who have made the Ultimate Sacrifice for our Nation.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 21, 2020