"Krone" commentary
Two Americas in one coffin
The state funeral for a president most people only know from the history books is being held today at the Capitol in the US capital: Jimmy Carter (100) was the last president to make Christian morality the guiding principle of his policies.
Tomorrow, a man who represents the exact opposite will stand at Carter's bier: Donald Trump was elected by the majority of Americans, despite being the first president with a criminal record to enter the White House. Two Americas - two eras.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter was controversial as president and it was only in the second half of his life as ex-president that he earned the highest accolades for his tireless commitment to peace and human rights in the world. His presidency was overshadowed by the hostage crisis surrounding the US embassy in Tehran and the debacle of the failed military attempt to free the embassy.
Two Austrians had also tried to secure the release of the 52 embassy hostages in Tehran: Federal Chancellor Kreisky and UN Secretary-General Waldheim, who was almost lynched there. Waldheim was in close contact with Carter and later wrote: "His idealism was shaken by many a hard collision with reality. Nevertheless, I believe that history will treat him much more kindly than his contemporaries."
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