Jimmy Carter

  • President Jimmy Carter, a U.S. president who served only one term but was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics. Hundreds of mourners including all five living current and former U.S. presidents…

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  • Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from global newspapers: 1. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has fired back at the former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili, saying that “an elder statesman should not be a trader and a sycophant all the time.” Wike said he won’t be shocked…

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  • President-elect Donald Trump expressed his condolences on the passing of former President Jimmy Carter. “Those of us who have been fortunate to have served as president understand this is a very exclusive club, and only we can relate to the enormous responsibility of leading the Greatest Nation in History,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He added that…

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  • Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed deep gratitude to former President Jimmy Carter for his tireless work on issues from civil rights to promoting democracy. “From his commitment to civil rights as a state senator and governor of Georgia; to his efforts as President to protect our natural resources…

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  • The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, passed peacefully away at the age of 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by family on Sunday. “Today, America and the world lost an extraordinary leader, statesman, and humanitarian,” President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden said in a joint statement. “Over six decades,…

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  • About Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter was born Oct. 1, 1924, in a small local hospital in the southwest Georgia town of Plains. He was the first U.S. president born in a hospital. Carter was the first child of James Earl Carter, a World War I veteran and an industrious peanut farmer, and Lillian Carter, a nurse. He would…

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  • Jimmy Carter, the famous American politician who served as the country’s 39th president, has shown admiration for Donald Trump’s leadership, and there are speculations that the former might have endeared himself to the billionaire president after an interview with The New York Times. Joining the presidents’ club has never been easier than finding an ally within.…

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