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Trump: US flags to fly at half-staff for Bush

Posted at 11:25 AM, Dec 01, 2018
and last updated 2018-12-01 11:25:39-05

(AP) – President Donald Trump has ordered American flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days to honor former President George H.W. Bush.

In a proclamation signed Saturday, hours after Bush died, Trump has also designated Wednesday as a national day of mourning. Trump encourages Americans to gather in places of worship “to pay homage” to Bush’s memory.

He adds: “I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.”

Trump hails Bush as “one of America’s greatest points of light,” a reference to one of Bush’s signature phrases about American civic culture.

Trump has mocked the “points of light” phrase, saying at campaign rallies that “I never quite got that one.”