Jimmy Carter: Media 'Harder on Trump Than Any Other President'

INJOFormer President Jimmy Carter is raising eyebrows after appearing to defend President Donald Trump over the press's coverage of the administration in a new, sprawling interview with The New York Times.

“I think the media have been harder on Trump than any other president certainly that I’ve known about,” Carter told the Times. “I think they feel free to claim that Trump is mentally deranged and everything else without hesitation.”

However, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who focused on mental health while in the White House, added that having a White House shrink “might help.”

The one-term-president also weighed in on other hot-button issues, including the ongoing controversy surrounding NFL player's protesting during the national anthem.

“I think they ought to find a different way to object, to demonstrate,” he said. “I would rather see all the players stand during the American anthem.”

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