I have always thought Carter was a nice person. Was he an effective President? I think so in some ways. But he seems as just a plain nice person.
It's nice to see a last President talk normal without attacking others. And who is still willing to put their life at risk for our Country.
Article is a little long, just part of it below.
"Jimmy Carter: 'Media Have Been Harder on Trump Than Any Other President"
Jimmy Carter: 'Media Have Been Harder on Trump Than Any Other President' | Fox News
Former President Jimmy Carter broke away from his own party, coming to President Donald Trump's defense saying, "the media have been harder on Trump than any other president." "I think they feel free to claim that Trump is mentally deranged and everything else without hesitation."
,Carter also aligned himself with Trump on the issue of whether or not football players should stand while the national anthem is being played before games.
also pushed back against one of the prevailing narratives Democrats and liberal-leaning media outlets have pushed in the days following Trump's astonishing Election Day victory: whether or not the Russians affected voting outcomes. In addition, Carter said he wasn't bothered particularly with Trump's desire to cultivate a stronger and more diplomatic relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Noting that he and his wife, Rosalynn, both voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) over Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the primaries, Carter didn't have many kind words to offer the Clintons. When The Times' Maureen Dowd compared the Carter Center to the Clinton Foundation, Carter bristled.
"Rosie and I put money in the Carter Center. We never take any out," Carter noted.
Carter said, "I don't care if [Obama] gets rich or Clinton gets rich" earning hundreds of thousands of dollars per speeches they give, he appeared to frown on making money that way.
Carter knocked Obama on his foreign policy as president, saying that Obama "made some very wonderful statements, in my opinion, when he first got in office, and then he reneged on that." Although the former president said that Trump may be "escalating" a negative image of the U.S. among the rest of the world, Carter argued, "but I think that precedes Trump."
Saying that Obama "refused" to talk to North Korea and push for a solution to the nuclear crisis, Carter offered some approval for Trump's more direct and forceful approach. Carter even offered to help Trump by going to North Korea himself to engage in diplomatic relations.
"I would go, yes," Carter said. "I'm afraid, too, of a situation ... I don't know what they'll do. Because they want to save their regime."
Carter said that he spoke with Trump's national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, earlier in the year.
"I told him that I was available if they ever need me," Carter said.
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