President Trump has announced that flags on federal buildings will be lowered to half-staff over the coming days to honor coronavirus victims and members of the military
"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," the President tweeted on his way back from a trip to Michigan.In a subsequent tweet, Trump wrote that 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.
"It would serve as a national expression of grief so needed by everyone in our country."Read MoreFormer Vice President Joe Biden had made a similar recommendation in April."I've suggested the President should lower the flag to half-mast, honoring all those people -- particularly those first responders, those doctors, those nurses -- those folks who went in without the PPP, the protective equipment, and still did their job," Biden said at the time.
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