President Joe Biden has ordered that all flags be flown at half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away late last month at the age of 100.

What's more, the White House is refusing to raise them ahead of the transition of power scheduled for January 20, a decision which has reportedly frustrated President-elect Donald Trump. 

Trump: "Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it"

According to Reuters, Trump voiced his complaints in a social media post on Friday, writing, "The Democrats are all 'giddy' about our magnificent American Flag potentially being at 'half mast' during my Inauguration."

"They think it's so great, and are so happy about it because, in actuality, they don’t love our Country, they only think about themselves," he continued.

Trump went on to assert that this will be "the first time ever during an Inauguration of a future President" that the American flag is flown at half-staff.

The president-elect concluded by saying, "Nobody wants to see this, and no American can be happy about it. Let’s see how it plays out."

President Richard Nixon ordered that lowered flags be raised for his inauguration

Los Angeles' ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported that Biden called for flags to be lowered on December 29 for a period of 30 days.

The move is in accordance with the U.S. Flag Code, which states, "The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President."

While Biden's order extends until January 28, ABC 7 noted that Trump will have the authority to raise the flag once he is sworn into office.

The station pointed out how on two occasions, then-President Richard Nixon ordered that flags be raised after having previously been lowered.

Jimmy Carter's funeral began on Saturday in his Georgia hometown

The first instance took place in January of 1973 when Nixon raised flags for his inauguration despite lowering them following the death of former President Harry S. Truman.

The second example came a month later when he lowered the flag after former President Lyndon Johnson passed away but subsequently raised them to celebrate the return of American prisoners from Vietnam.

Meanwhile, Fox News reported that former President Carter's funeral began on Saturday morning in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.

Carter's casket will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol until this coming Thursday after which he is to be buried in Washington, D.C.