JIMMY CARTER/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Former President Jimmy Carter denied ever supporting President Donald Trump’s border wall, contradicting the current commander in chief’s claim that previous presidents confided they regret not building a physical barrier on the southern border…Carter’s statement joins other denials from all other living presidents, with the exception of Barack Obama, whose spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by POLITICO last week. But Obama has not met with Trump since the funeral of George H.W. Bush in early December; they had last met at Trump’s 2017 inauguration. efore then. Obama has also repeatedly lambasted Trump’s border wall plans, calling them antithetical to the country’s values.”
–Matthew Choi, “Former President Carter denies supporting Trump’s border wall,” Politico, January 7, 2019 3:23 pm