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== Post-presidency (1981–2024) == {{main|Post-presidency of Jimmy Carter}} [[File:Jimmy Carter smiling, 2014 (1).jpg|thumb|Carter in 2014]] Shortly after losing reelection, Carter told the White House press corps that he intended to emulate the retirement of [[Harry S. Truman]] and not use his subsequent public life to enrich himself.<ref>{{cite book |title=Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope |url=https://archive.org/details/beyondwhitehouse00cart |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/beyondwhitehouse00cart/page/3 3] |isbn=978-1-4165-5881-1 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |date=October 14, 2008 |first=Jimmy |last=Carter}}</ref> === Diplomacy === Diplomacy was a large part of Carter's post-presidency. These diplomatic efforts began in the Middle East, with a September 1981 meeting with [[prime minister of Israel]] Menachem Begin,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://archives.chicagotribune.com/1981/10/15/page/10/article/carter-begin-set-to-compromise |title=Carter: Begin set to compromise |date=October 15, 1981 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=August 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817075415/https://archives.chicagotribune.com/1981/10/15/page/10/article/carter-begin-set-to-compromise/}}</ref> and a March 1983 tour of Egypt that included meeting with members of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/09/world/carter-meets-plo-officals-in-egypt.html |title=Carter Meets P.L.O. Officials in Egypt |date=March 8, 1983 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=William E. |last=Farrell |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140457/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/09/world/carter-meets-plo-officals-in-egypt.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, official files revealed that, in January 1993, Carter had been suggested for a [[Northern Ireland peace process]] role by president-elect [[Bill Clinton]] amid speculation that Clinton would appoint a [[United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland|special envoy for Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Niamh |last=Campbell |date=December 29, 2024 |title=Claire Hanna pays tribute to Jimmy Carter: 'First US President to seriously engage with NI issues' |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/claire-hanna-pays-tribute-to-jimmy-carter-first-us-president-to-seriously-engage-with-ni-issues/a524590819.html |access-date=December 30, 2024 |newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=December 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230134634/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/claire-hanna-pays-tribute-to-jimmy-carter-first-us-president-to-seriously-engage-with-ni-issues/a524590819.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1994, Clinton sought Carter's assistance in a North Korea peace mission, during which Carter negotiated an understanding with [[Kim Il Sung]].<ref>{{Cite book|first1=Marion V.|last1=Creekmore|title=A Moment of Crisis: Jimmy Carter, The Power of a Peacemaker, and North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions|date=2006|publisher=PublicAffairs |isbn=978-1-58648-414-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kaplan |first1=Fred |author-link=Fred Kaplan (journalist) |date=May 2004 |title=Rolling Blunder |magazine=Washington Monthly |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/may-2004/rolling-blunder-2/ |access-date=June 8, 2010 |archive-date=December 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205113603/https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/may-2004/rolling-blunder-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Carter outlined a treaty with Kim, which he announced to CNN without the Clinton administration's consent to spur American action.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cartercenter.org/documents/nondatabase/nytimesarticle.htm |work=The New York Times |date=September 5, 2003 |last1=Brooke |first1=James |title=Carter Issues Warning on North Korea Standoff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615210532/https://cartercenter.org/documents/nondatabase/nytimesarticle.htm |archive-date=June 15, 2010 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |via=The Carter Center}}</ref> [[File:The Elders (9358747992).jpg|thumb|alt=Carter, Ahtisaari, Hague, and Brahmdi standing next to each other.|Carter (''second from right'') with [[Martti Ahtisaari]], [[William Hague]], and [[Lakhdar Brahimi]] from The Elders group in London, July 24, 2013|left]] In March 1999, Carter visited Taiwan and met with President [[Lee Teng-hui]]. During the meeting, Carter praised the progress Taiwan made in democracy, human rights, economy, culture, science, and technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/1219|title=President Lee Hosts Former US President Jimmy Carter|newspaper=Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan)|date=March 30, 1999|access-date=May 23, 2023|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522231559/https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/1219|url-status=live}}</ref> But Carter remained a controversial figure in Taiwan for having ended U.S. diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).<ref>Wong, Tessa. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn446nmjp1vo "'It was destiny': How Jimmy Carter embraced China and changed history"]. ''BBC News'', December 30, 2024.</ref> In 2003, Carter championed a plan to hold elections in [[Venezuela]] amid [[2002–2003 Venezuelan general strike|protests aimed at doing so]].<ref>Olson, Alexandra (January 22, 2003). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-jimmy-carter-proposes-plan-to-ho/156439619/ Jimmy Carter proposes plan to hold elections in Venezuela] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007091339/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-jimmy-carter-proposes-plan-to-ho/156439619/ |date=October 7, 2024 }}. [[Associated Press]]. ''The Sun''. Retrieved October 2, 2024.</ref> Ultimately, no elections were held. In 2006, Carter stated his disagreements with Israel's domestic and foreign policy while saying he supported the country,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7420573.stm |work=BBC News |title=Israel 'has 150 nuclear weapons' |date=May 26, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114221206/https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7420573.stm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/news/jimmy-carter-israel-s-apartheid-policies-worse-than-south-africa-s-1.206865 |title=Jimmy Carter: Israel's 'Apartheid' Policies Worse Than South Africa's |date=December 11, 2006 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=Haaretz |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012121312/https://www.haaretz.com/news/jimmy-carter-israel-s-apartheid-policies-worse-than-south-africa-s-1.206865 |url-status=live}}</ref> extending his criticisms to Israel's policies in Lebanon, the [[West Bank]], and [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].{{sfn|Brinkley|1998|pp=99–123}} In July 2007, Carter joined [[Nelson Mandela]] in Johannesburg, South Africa, to announce his participation in [[The Elders (organization)|The Elders]], a group of independent global leaders working together on peace and human rights issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theelders.org/about |title=What is The Elders? |publisher=The Elders |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328003737/https://theelders.org/about}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theelders.org/our-work |title=Our Work |publisher=The Elders |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=March 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327235803/https://theelders.org/our-work}}</ref> After the announcement, Carter participated in visits to [[Darfur]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/10/03/idUKL03712818._CH_.242020071003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131102647/https://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/10/03/idUKL03712818._CH_.242020071003 |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Jimmy Carter blocked from meeting Darfur chief |date=October 3, 2007 |work=Reuters |access-date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> Sudan,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jfju7512LbJMdyWRLTb3YItDEgfQ |title=Sudan ready to withdraw troops from Abyei: Jimmy Carter |author=Ian Timberlake |work=Google News |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703114403/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jfju7512LbJMdyWRLTb3YItDEgfQ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theelders.org/article/jimmy-carter-and-lakhdar-brahimi-sudan-support-peace-efforts |title=Jimmy Carter and Lakhdar Brahimi in Sudan to support peace efforts |publisher=The Elders |date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=May 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512233718/https://www.theelders.org/article/jimmy-carter-and-lakhdar-brahimi-sudan-support-peace-efforts}}</ref> Cyprus, the [[Korean Peninsula]], and the Middle East, among others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theelders.org/jimmy-carter |title=Jimmy Carter |publisher=The Elders |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=March 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305173858/https://theelders.org/jimmy-carter |url-status=live}}</ref> He attempted to travel to Zimbabwe in 2008, but was stopped by President [[Robert Mugabe]]'s government.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics-annan-idUSTRE4AL19320081122 |title=Annan, Carter say barred from Zimbabwe |work=Reuters |date=November 22, 2008 |access-date=March 7, 2013 |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504143402/https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/22/us-zimbabwe-politics-annan-idUSTRE4AL19320081122 |url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2008, Carter met with Syrian President [[Bashar al-Assad]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160253&Itemid=96 |title=PR-USA.net |publisher=PR-USA.net |date=November 1, 2007 |access-date=June 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516022847/https://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=160253&Itemid=96 |archive-date=May 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.fw-magazine.com/content/president-jimmy-carter-speaks-forward |title=Jimmy Carter speaks to ''Forward Magazine'' |magazine=Forward Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725112857/https://www.fw-magazine.com/content/president-jimmy-carter-speaks-forward |date=July 25, 2015 |archive-date= July 25, 2015 |access-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref> and in a June 2012 call with [[Jeffrey Brown (journalist)|Jeffery Brown]], he stressed that Egyptian military generals could take full executive and legislative power to form a new constitution favoring themselves if their announced intentions came true.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/carter-on-egypt/ |title=Jimmy Carter: If Egypt's Ruling Military Goes Through With Plan, Same as Coup |date=June 20, 2012 |first=Larisa |last=Epatko |publisher=PBS |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012105335/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/carter-on-egypt/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On August 10, 2010, Carter traveled to North Korea and negotiated the release of [[Aijalon Gomes]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/north.korea.carter/index.html |title=Freed American Arrives Home from North Korea |publisher=CNN|date=August 27, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615112802/https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/north.korea.carter/index.html |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |access-date=September 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=McCurry |first=Justin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/27/north-korea-us-prisoner-jimmy-carter |title=North Korea releases US prisoner after talks with Jimmy Carter |newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 27, 2010 |access-date=September 6, 2010 |archive-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915193551/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/27/north-korea-us-prisoner-jimmy-carter |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, as tensions between the U.S. and North Korea persisted, Carter recommended a peace treaty between the two nations,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/08/10/jimmy-carter-presses-u-s-north-korea-to-tone-down-nuclear-war-rhetoric/ |title=Jimmy Carter presses U.S., North Korea to tone down escalating rhetoric |first=Tamar |last=Hallerman |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=August 10, 2017 |access-date=January 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216034109/https://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/08/10/jimmy-carter-presses-u-s-north-korea-to-tone-down-nuclear-war-rhetoric/ |archive-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref> and confirmed that he had volunteered to the Trump administration to be a diplomatic envoy to North Korea.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/356567-carter-volunteers-to-help-solve-tensions-with-north-korea/ |title=Carter volunteers to help solve tensions with North Korea |date=October 21, 2017 |newspaper=The Hill |first=John |last=Bowden |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140452/https://thehill.com/policy/international/356567-carter-volunteers-to-help-solve-tensions-with-north-korea |url-status=live}}</ref> === Views on later presidents === [[File:President Ronald Reagan meeting President Jimmy Carter.jpg|thumb|Carter meeting with his successor [[Ronald Reagan]] at the [[White House]], October 1981]] Carter began his first year out of office with a pledge not to critique the [[Reagan administration]], saying it was "too early".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/16/Too-early-to-criticize-Reagan-says-Carter/2336353566800/ |title=Too early to criticize Reagan, says Carter |first=Helen |last=Thomas |work=United Press International |date=March 16, 1981 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140509/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/03/16/Too-early-to-criticize-Reagan-says-Carter/2336353566800/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He sided with Reagan on issues like building neutron arms after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/03/Carter-backs-Reagan-on-neutron-weapon/8627368337600/ |title=Carter backs Reagan on neutron weapon |date=September 3, 1981 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816013135/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/03/Carter-backs-Reagan-on-neutron-weapon/8627368337600/ |url-status=live}}</ref> but frequently spoke out against his administration, denouncing many of its actions in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/13/world/carter-to-lobby-senate-on-awacs.html |title=Carter to Lobby Senate on AWACS |date=October 12, 1981 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212142009/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/13/world/carter-to-lobby-senate-on-awacs.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He condemned the handling of the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/21/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-says-the-massacre-of-some/8666401428800/?spt=su |title=Former President Jimmy Carter says the massacre of some... |date=September 21, 1982 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140517/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/21/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-says-the-massacre-of-some/8666401428800/?spt=su |url-status=live}}</ref> the lack of efforts to rescue and retrieve four American businessmen from [[Beirut|West Beirut]] in 1984,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/23/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-criticized-the-Reagan-administration-Sunday/6686472626000/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter criticized the Reagan administration Sunday... |date=December 23, 1984 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |location=Miami |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/12/23/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-criticized-the-Reagan-administration-Sunday/6686472626000/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Reagan's support of the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] in 1985,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/04/12/star-wars-may-hurt-talks-carter-warns/ |title='Star Wars' May Hurt Talks, Carter Warns |first=Thom |last=Shanker |date=April 12, 1985 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164822/https://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-04-12/news/8501210283_1_gorbachev-initiative-president-jimmy-carter-soviet-ambassador |url-status=live}}</ref> and his claim of an international conspiracy on terrorism.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/07/14/Carter-Avoid-force-against-terrorism/9869490161600/?spt=su |title=Carter: Avoid force against terrorism |work=United Press International |date=July 14, 1985 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140520/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/07/14/Carter-Avoid-force-against-terrorism/9869490161600/?spt=su |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1987 he criticized Reagan for conceding to terrorist demands,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/02/09/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-told-students-Monday-that-President/1036539845200/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter told students Monday that President... |date=February 9, 1987 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617022252/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/02/09/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-told-students-Monday-that-President/1036539845200/ |url-status=live}}</ref> nominating [[Robert Bork]] for the Supreme Court,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/09/30/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-declared-Wednesday-he-is-strongly/5450987249052/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter declared Wednesday he is strongly... |first=John |last=Hanrahan |date=September 30, 1987 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140518/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/09/30/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-declared-Wednesday-he-is-strongly/5450987249052/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and his handling of the Persian Gulf crisis.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/10/17/Carter-criticizes-Reagans-gulf-policy/1657561441600/ |title=Carter criticizes Reagan's gulf policy |first=Matthew C. |last=Quinn |work=United Press International |date=October 17, 1987 |access-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821091909/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/10/17/Carter-criticizes-Reagans-gulf-policy/1657561441600/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On January 16, 1989, before the [[inauguration of George H. W. Bush]], Carter told Gerald Ford that Reagan had experienced a media honeymoon, saying that he believed Reagan's immediate successor would be less fortunate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/01/18/Former-President-Gerald-Ford-Wednesday-said-the-Washington-press/7903601102800/|title=Former President Gerald Ford Wednesday said the Washington press...|first=Patrick|last=McCormick|work=United Press International|date=January 18, 1989|access-date=September 8, 2021|archive-date=September 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180103/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/01/18/Former-President-Gerald-Ford-Wednesday-said-the-Washington-press/7903601102800/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Presidents Obama, Clinton, and Carter (cropped).jpg|thumb|Former presidents [[Bill Clinton]] (left) and Carter (right) with then-president [[Barack Obama]] (center) at the 50th Anniversary of the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]] at the [[Lincoln Memorial]], August 2013]] Carter had a mostly poor relationship with Bill Clinton, who snubbed him from his inauguration ceremony. He questioned the Clinton administration's morality, particularly with respect to the [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]] and the pardon of [[Marc Rich]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-felsenthal/jimmy-carter-and-bill-cli_b_94926.html|title=Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton: They Genuinely Dislike Each Other|first1=Carol|last1=Felsenthal|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=May 25, 2011|access-date=September 8, 2021|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025202310/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-felsenthal/jimmy-carter-and-bill-cli_b_94926.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2001, Carter said he was "disappointed in almost everything" President [[George W. Bush]] had done, but after the [[September 11 attacks]], he offered only praise, calling on Americans to support Bush with "complete unity".<ref>{{cite news |last=Berke |first=Richard L. |date=September 28, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/28/us/nation-challenged-former-presidents-outside-former-presidents-lend-support.html |title=A NATION CHALLENGED: THE FORMER PRESIDENTS; From the Outside, Former Presidents Lend the Support of Insiders |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=October 1, 2024 |archive-date=September 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930192925/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/28/us/nation-challenged-former-presidents-outside-former-presidents-lend-support.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, Carter opposed the [[Iraq War]]<ref>Jimmy Carter, [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/opinion/just-war-or-a-just-war.html "Just War – or a Just War?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127075310/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/opinion/just-war-or-a-just-war.html |date=January 27, 2022}}, ''The New York Times'', March 9, 2003. Retrieved August 4, 2008.</ref> and what he considered an attempt by Bush and [[Tony Blair]] to oust [[Saddam Hussein]] with "lies and misinterpretations".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082701094.html |title=Jimmy Carter: Blair Subservient to Bush |date=August 27, 2006 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 5, 2008 |archive-date=July 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724004445/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082701094.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, Carter said he believed Bush had exploited the September 11 attacks.<ref>[https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/oct/26/carter-says-bush-exploiting-911-terrorist-attacks/ Carter says Bush exploiting 9/11 terrorist attacks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910211129/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/oct/26/carter-says-bush-exploiting-911-terrorist-attacks/ |date=September 10, 2024 }}. [[The Spokesman-Review]]. October 26, 2004. Retrieved October 1, 2024.</ref> In 2007, Carter said the Bush administration "has been the worst in history" on foreign affairs;<ref>Frank Lockwood, [https://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/may/19/carter-calls-bush-administration-worst-ever/ "Carter calls Bush administration worst ever"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918231435/https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/may/19/carter-calls-bush-administration-worst-ever/ |date=September 18, 2015}}, ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette'', May 19, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2008.</ref> he later said he was just comparing Bush's tenure to Nixon's.<ref>{{cite news |title=Carter: Anti-Bush remarks 'careless or misinterpreted' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/21/carter.bush.ap/index.html |date=May 21, 2007 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614063104/https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/21/carter.bush.ap/index.html |archive-date=June 14, 2007 |publisher=CNN|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> On the Bush administration's behalf, [[Tony Fratto]] responded that Carter's comments increased his irrelevance.<ref>{{cite news |title='Carter is irrelevant,' Bush administration shoots back |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/20/carter.bush.ap/index.html |date=May 20, 2007 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523151632/https://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/20/carter.bush.ap/index.html |archive-date=May 23, 2007 |publisher=CNN}}</ref> Though he praised President [[Barack Obama]] in the early part of his tenure,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/campaigns/administration/35543-jimmy-carter-says-obama-will-be-outstanding/ |title=Jimmy Carter Says Obama Will Be 'Outstanding' |date=January 28, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Hill |first=Walter |last=Alarkon |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/campaigns/administration/39280-jimmy-carter-says-obama-will-be-outstanding |url-status=live}}</ref> Carter stated his disagreement with using [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] strikes against suspected terrorists, Obama's choice to keep [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] open,<ref>{{cite news |last=Bingham |first=Amy |title=Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/jimmy-carter-accuses-u-s-of-widespread-abuse-of-human-rights/ |work=ABC News |date=June 25, 2012 |access-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626170916/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/jimmy-carter-accuses-u-s-of-widespread-abuse-of-human-rights/ |url-status=live}} ABC quotes came from a NY ''Times'' [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/opinion/americas-shameful-human-rights-record.html June 25, 2012 op-ed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011214301/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/opinion/americas-shameful-human-rights-record.html |date=October 11, 2021}} written by Carter</ref> and the federal surveillance programs [[Edward Snowden]] revealed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/political-insider-blog-your-daily-jolt-america-has-no-functioning-democracy-says-jimmy-carter/DKLFS2YYFBANHD7AHB2AYBH6ZA/ |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |last2=Galloway |first2=Jim |title=Your daily jolt: 'America has no functioning democracy,' says Jimmy Carter |publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604201246/https://www.ajc.com/politics/political-insider-blog-your-daily-jolt-america-has-no-functioning-democracy-says-jimmy-carter/DKLFS2YYFBANHD7AHB2AYBH6ZA/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/nsa-affaere-jimmy-carter-kritisiert-usa-a-911589.html |author=Peter Schmitz |title=NSA-Affäre: Ex-Präsident Carter verdammt US-Schnüffelei |magazine=Der Spiegel |date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=July 20, 2013 |archive-date=July 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729220006/https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/nsa-affaere-jimmy-carter-kritisiert-usa-a-911589.html |url-status=live}}</ref> During [[Donald Trump]]'s presidency, Carter spoke favorably of the chance for immigration reform<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ex-president-carter-give-trump-credit-on-forcing-immigration-debate |title=Ex-President Carter: Give Trump credit on forcing immigration debate |date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=Fox News |archive-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925123226/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/14/ex-president-carter-give-trump-credit-on-forcing-immigration-debate.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and criticized Trump for his handling of the [[U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)|U.S. national anthem protests]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356566-jimmy-carter-i-would-rather-see-all-the-players-stand-during/ |title=Jimmy Carter: 'I would rather see all the players stand during' anthem |first=Jacqueline |last=Thomsen |date=October 21, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Hill |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140457/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356566-jimmy-carter-i-would-rather-see-all-the-players-stand-during |url-status=live}}</ref> In an October 2017 interview with ''The New York Times'', he said the media had covered Trump more harshly "than any other president certainly that I've known about".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/opinion/sunday/jimmy-carter-lusts-trump-posting.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/opinion/sunday/jimmy-carter-lusts-trump-posting.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jimmy Carter Lusts for a Trump Posting |last=Dowd |first=Maureen |date=October 21, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 17, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/22/politics/jimmy-carter-new-york-times-interview/index.html |title=Jimmy Carter wants to partner with Trump |first=Nicole |last=Chavez |publisher=CNN|access-date=January 17, 2018 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209065952/https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/22/politics/jimmy-carter-new-york-times-interview/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Trump called Carter and expressed concern that China was "getting ahead" of the United States. Carter agreed, saying that China's strength came from its lack of involvement in armed conflict and calling the U.S. "the most warlike nation in the history of the world."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wabe.org/president-trump-calls-president-carter-to-talk-china/ |title=President Trump Called Former President Carter To Talk About China |publisher=WABE |date=April 14, 2019 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914102157/https://www.wabe.org/president-trump-calls-president-carter-to-talk-china/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2021, Carter gave his final recorded interview and said that President [[Joe Biden]] "has done very well" in office.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woodruff |first1=Judy |last2=Guray |first2=Geoffrey Lou |title=Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter reflect on 75 years of marriage, the state of American politics |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/jimmy-and-rosalynn-carter-reflect-on-75-years-of-marriage-the-state-of-america-politics |access-date=January 2, 2025 |work=PBS News Hour |date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230172530/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/jimmy-and-rosalynn-carter-reflect-on-75-years-of-marriage-the-state-of-america-politics |url-status=live }}</ref> === Presidential politics === [[File:Jimmy Carter (1988).jpg|thumb|alt=Monochrome picture of Carter|Carter in 1988]] Carter was considered a potential candidate in the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0310/031029.html |title=Mondale in '84: he may run if Jimmy Carter doesn't |first=Godfrey Jr. |last=Sperling |date=March 10, 1981 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817231518/https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0310/031029.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/25/Rosalynn-Carter-Bitter-at-1980-loss-Wishes-her-husband-would-run-again/7363451717200/ |title=Rosalynn Carter: Bitter at 1980 loss: Wishes her husband would run again |date=April 25, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |first=Helen |last=Thomas |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140459/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/04/25/Rosalynn-Carter-Bitter-at-1980-loss-Wishes-her-husband-would-run-again/7363451717200/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 1982, Carter ruled out another run, and instead endorsed Mondale for the Democratic presidential nomination.<ref>Multiple sources: *{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/us/carter-backs-mondale-for-presidency-in-1984.html |title=Carter Backs Mondale For Presidency in 1984 |date=May 11, 1982 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815082521/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/11/us/carter-backs-mondale-for-presidency-in-1984.html |url-status=live}} *{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/03/14/Mondale-wins-Carter-hometown/9490448088400/ |title=Mondale wins Carter hometown |date=March 14, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/03/14/Mondale-wins-Carter-hometown/9490448088400/ |url-status=live}}</ref> After Mondale secured the nomination in [[1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries|the Democratic primaries]], Carter critiqued the Reagan campaign,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/14/us/carter-predicts-that-reagan-will-avoid-debating-mondale.html |title=Carter Predicts That Reagan Will Avoid Debating Mondale |date=June 14, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815112639/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/14/us/carter-predicts-that-reagan-will-avoid-debating-mondale.html |url-status=live}}</ref> spoke at the [[1984 Democratic National Convention]], and advised Mondale about [[Walter Mondale 1984 presidential campaign|his campaign]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/28/us/campaign-notes-carter-vows-to-shun-convention-spotlight.html |title=Campaign Notes; Carter Vows to Shun Convention Spotlight |date=June 28, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212143524/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/28/us/campaign-notes-carter-vows-to-shun-convention-spotlight.html |url-status=live}}</ref> After the election, in which Reagan defeated Mondale, Carter said the loss was predictable because Mondale's platform included raising taxes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/11/07/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-Wednesday-Walter-Mondales-defeat/4956468651600/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter said Wednesday Walter Mondale's defeat... |first=Carol |last=Rosenberg |date=November 7, 1984 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140507/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/11/07/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-Wednesday-Walter-Mondales-defeat/4956468651600/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 1987, Carter ruled himself out as a candidate in the [[1988 United States presidential election|1988 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/19/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-today-Vice-President-George/2079543128400/ |title=Former President Jimmy Carter said today Vice President George... |date=March 19, 1987 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140457/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/03/19/Former-President-Jimmy-Carter-said-today-Vice-President-George/2079543128400/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Ahead of the [[1988 Democratic National Convention]], Carter predicted that the convention would see party unity<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/07/16/Carter-predicts-unified-convention/8408585028800/ |title=Carter predicts unified convention |first=Robert |last=Mackay |date=July 16, 1988 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816075951/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/07/16/Carter-predicts-unified-convention/8408585028800/ |url-status=live}}</ref> after tensions arose between [[presumptive nominee|presumptive]] nominee [[Michael Dukakis]] and runner-up [[Jesse Jackson]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dionne |first1=E.J. Jr. |title=Jackson Suggests Carter Might Heal Rift With Dukakis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/15/us/jackson-suggests-carter-might-heal-rift-with-dukakis.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=January 1, 2025 |language=en |date=July 15, 1988 |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101222333/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/15/us/jackson-suggests-carter-might-heal-rift-with-dukakis.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Carter delivered an address at the convention.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/07/21/the-carter-constituency/0044a89e-a29c-425d-a7f4-7deb29449bf8/ |title=The Carter Constituency |date=July 21, 1988 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204234334/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/07/21/the-carter-constituency/0044a89e-a29c-425d-a7f4-7deb29449bf8/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Carter spoke of the need for the [[1992 Democratic National Convention]] to address certain issues not focused on in the past,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/19/Clinton-and-Gore-help-Carter-build-house/8269714196800/ |title=Clinton and Gore help Carter build house |first=Steve |last=Glasser |date=August 19, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817013703/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/19/Clinton-and-Gore-help-Carter-build-house/8269714196800/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and campaigned for Clinton after he became the Democratic nominee,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/the-1992-campaign-the-democrats-clinton-assails-gop-attacks-aimed-at-wife.html |title=THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Democrats; Clinton Assails G.O.P. Attacks Aimed at Wife |first=Gwen |last=Ifill |date=August 20, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815112643/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/20/news/the-1992-campaign-the-democrats-clinton-assails-gop-attacks-aimed-at-wife.html |url-status=live}}</ref> publicly stating his expectation to be consulted during Clinton's presidency.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/06/Carter-ready-to-consult-with-Clinton/4107721026000/ |title=Carter ready to consult with Clinton |date=November 6, 1992 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140502/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/06/Carter-ready-to-consult-with-Clinton/4107721026000/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Carter endorsed Vice President [[Al Gore]], the Democratic nominee, days before the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/11/01/Former-President-Carter-endorses-Gore/5798973054800/ |title=Former President Carter endorses Gore |date=November 1, 2000 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818231158/https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/11/01/Former-President-Carter-endorses-Gore/5798973054800/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and in subsequent years voiced his opinion that Gore won the election,<ref>{{cite book |title=Born to Cheat: How Bush, Cheney, Rove & Co. Broke the Rules – From the Sandlot to the White House |page=126 |publisher=Do Something Press |first=Jackson |last=Thoreau |isbn=978-1-881365-53-2 |year=2007}}</ref> despite Republican nominee George W. Bush having been certified the victor following the Supreme Court's ruling in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/13/cnn.poll/index.html |title=Poll: Majority of Americans accept Bush as legitimate president |date=December 13, 2000 |publisher=CNN |access-date=April 27, 2011}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], Carter endorsed the Democratic nominee [[John Kerry]] and spoke at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/cnna.carter/ |title=Carter: Kerry 'the president we need now' |date=July 26, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815070106/https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/cnna.carter/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He also voiced concern about another voting mishap in Florida.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/28/uselections2004.usa |title=Jimmy Carter fears repeat of election fiasco in Florida |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 28, 2004 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011183952/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/28/uselections2004.usa |url-status=live}}</ref> During the [[2008 Democratic presidential primaries]], it was speculated that Carter would endorse Barack Obama over his main primary rival [[Hillary Clinton]], as Carter and other members of the Carter family had spoken favorably of Obama.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/30/carter-praises-obama/ |title=Carter Praises Obama |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140456/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/30/carter-praises-obama/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/03/carter-hints-at-supporting-obama/ |title=Carter hints at supporting Obama |date=April 3, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=April 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407063956/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/03/carter-hints-at-supporting-obama/}}</ref> Although he did not endorse Obama during the primaries, he said in late May 2008 that Clinton should end her bid and concede to Obama after the final primaries on June 3.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/26/carter-after-june-3-it-will-be-time-for-clinton-to-give-it-up/ |title=Carter: After June 3, It Will Be Time for Clinton to 'Give It Up' |date=May 26, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614204649/https://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/26/carter-after-june-3-it-will-be-time-for-clinton-to-give-it-up/}}</ref> On June 3, Carter endorsed Obama, and said he would vote for Obama as a superdelegate to the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]]<ref name="toendoseobama1">{{cite web |title=Fmr President Carter to Endorse Obama |url=https://6abc.com/archive/6182749/ |publisher=[[WPVI-TV]] |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=June 3, 2008 |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101194124/https://6abc.com/archive/6182749/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (as a former president, Carter was entitled to hold one of 20 superdelegate slots reserved for "distinguished party leaders").<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeSilver |first1=Drew |title=Who Are the Democratic Superdelegates? |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/05/05/who-are-the-democratic-superdelegates/ |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=May 5, 2016 |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101194124/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/05/05/who-are-the-democratic-superdelegates/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Before this, he had remained publicly neutral.<ref name="toendoseobama1"/> During the general election campaign, Carter criticized [[John McCain]], the Republican nominee.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Carter-McCain-milking-POW-status/64911219972668/ |title=Carter: McCain 'milking' POW status |date=August 28, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=United Press International |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140503/https://www.upi.com/Carter-McCain-milking-POW-status/64911219972668/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5679652&page=1 |title=Carter: McCain 'milking' POW time |date=August 30, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |agency=ABC News |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140453/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=5679652&page=1 |url-status=live}}</ref> Once Obama became the presumptive nominee, he advised Obama not to select Clinton as his running mate.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/04/uselections2008 |title=US elections: Jimmy Carter tells Barack Obama Not to Pick Hillary Clinton as Running Mate |first=Jonathan |last=Freedland |date=June 4, 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116022610/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/04/uselections2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ahead of the primaries of the [[2012 United States presidential election|2012 presidential election]], Carter expressed his preference for [[Mitt Romney]] to win the Republican nomination, though he clarified that he preferred Romney because he believed him to be the prospective Republican nominee who would most assure Obama's reelection.<ref>Yahoo News, [https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/jimmy-carter-wants-mitt-romney-republican-nominee-141827488.html Jimmy Carter wants Mitt Romney to be the Republican nominee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140454/https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/jimmy-carter-wants-mitt-romney-republican-nominee-141827488.html |date=December 12, 2021}}, September 16, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2011.</ref> Carter recorded an address that was shown at the [[2012 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Camia |first=Catalina |title=Jimmy Carter to speak by video at Dem convention |url=https://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/jimmy-carter-democratic-convention-speaker-barack-obama/1 |newspaper=USA Today |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |archive-date=August 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808102211/https://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/08/jimmy-carter-democratic-convention-speaker-barack-obama/1 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:The Funeral of President George H.W. Bush (46204190411).jpg|thumb|alt=The attendant of George H. W. Bush's funeral.|The [[Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush|state funeral of George H. W. Bush]] in December 2018. Carter and his wife Rosalynn can be seen on the far right of the photograph.]] In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], Carter was critical of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shortly after Trump entered the primary, predicting that he would lose.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/politics/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ |title=Jimmy Carter: Trump's comments are 'very stupid' |date=July 8, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |publisher=CNN|first=Theodore |last=Schleifer |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140452/https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/politics/jimmy-carter-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/258811-carter-democrats-and-republicans-hardly-speak-now/ |title=Carter: Dems, GOP 'hardly speak' now |first=Mark |last=Hensch |date=November 2, 2015 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |newspaper=The Hill |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628012425/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/258811-carter-democrats-and-republicans-hardly-speak-now |url-status=live}}</ref> As the primary continued, Carter said he preferred Trump to his main rival, [[Ted Cruz]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-i-would-choose-donald-trump-over-ted-cruz/ |date=February 3, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |title=Jimmy Carter: I would choose Donald Trump over Ted Cruz |first=Stephanie |last=Condon |publisher=CBS News |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021124156/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-i-would-choose-donald-trump-over-ted-cruz/ |url-status=live}}</ref> though he rebuked the Trump campaign during the primary<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/jimmy-carter-racism-baptist-conference-unity-donald-trump.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/us/jimmy-carter-racism-baptist-conference-unity-donald-trump.html |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jimmy Carter, Seeing Resurgence of Racism, Plans Baptist Conference for Unity |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=September 6, 2021 |first=Laurie |last=Goodstein |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and in his address to the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="blasts1">{{cite web |last1=Gass |first1=Nick |title=Jimmy Carter Blasts Trump for Lack of 'Moral and Ethical Principles' |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-2016-jimmy-carter-226249 |newspaper=Politico |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> In August 2016, Carter endorsed the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |title=Jimmy Carter Says He's Backing a 'Quite Unpopular' Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/jimmy-carter-says-backing-quite-unpopular-hillary-clinton/qHLLQNiJiVtT3jBakFZs2O/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> He again expressed his support of Clinton in his speech to the Democratic convention, which he delivered by video.<ref name="blasts1"/><ref>{{cite news |title=The 2016 Democratic Convention - Live Updates |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-convention |publisher=CBS News |access-date=January 1, 2025 |date=July 28, 2016}}</ref> In 2019, Carter said that Trump would not have been elected without [[Russia's interference in the 2016 election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jimmy-carter-says-trump-wouldnt-be-president-without-help-from-russia/2019/06/28/deef1ef0-99b6-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html |title=Jimmy Carter Says Trump Wouldn't Be President Without Help From Russia |last=Wagner |first=John |date=June 28, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629001747/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jimmy-carter-says-trump-wouldnt-be-president-without-help-from-russia/2019/06/28/deef1ef0-99b6-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> When questioned, he agreed that Trump is an "illegitimate president".<ref name="Lewis_6/28/2019">{{cite web |last=Lewis |first=Sophie |title=Jimmy Carter calls Trump an 'illegitimate president' due to Russian interference |publisher=CBS News |date=June 28, 2019 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-president-trump-illegitimate-president-russian-interference-2019-06-28/ |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324030136/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carter-says-president-trump-illegitimate-president-russian-interference-2019-06-28/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="C-SPAN_6/28/2019">{{cite web |title=Conversation with Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale |publisher=C-SPAN |date=June 28, 2019 |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4805096/jimmy-carter-president-trump-put-office-russian-interference |access-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420064317/https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4805096%2Fjimmy-carter-president-trump-put-office-russian-interference |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2017 discussion with Senator [[Bernie Sanders]], Carter said he voted for Sanders in the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/05/09/yall-see-why-i-voted-for-him-jimmy-carter-says-he-was-a-bernie-sanders-supporter/ |title='Y'all see why I voted for him?': Jimmy Carter says he was a Bernie Sanders supporter |date=May 9, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Derek |last=Hawkins |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003025/https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?next_url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.washingtonpost.com%2fnews%2fmorning-mix%2fwp%2f2017%2f05%2f09%2fyall-see-why-i-voted-for-him-jimmy-carter-says-he-was-a-bernie-sanders-supporter%2f |url-status=live}}</ref> Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter delivered a recorded audio message endorsing Joe Biden for the virtual [[2020 Democratic National Convention]]. On January 6, 2021, after the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|U.S. Capitol attack]],<ref>{{cite news |last8=institutions |first8=Washington |last9=Chason |first9=historical topicsRachel |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Live updates: U.S. Capitol is on lockdown as protesters clash with police and breach the building |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106194011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/06/dc-protests-trump-rally-live-updates/ |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Carter released a statement that he and his wife were "troubled" by the events, that what had occurred was "a national tragedy and is not who we are as a nation", and that "having observed elections in troubled democracies worldwide, I know that we the people can unite to walk back from this precipice to peacefully uphold the laws of our nation".<ref>{{cite web |title=All living former presidents condemn violence at the Capitol: 'A national tragedy' |url=https://www.today.com/news/all-living-former-presidents-condemn-violence-capitol-t205224 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107195632/https://www.today.com/news/all-living-former-presidents-condemn-violence-capitol-t205224 |url-status=live}}</ref> Carter recorded an audio message for [[Biden's inauguration]] on January 20, 2021, as the Carters could not attend the ceremony in person.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/former-president-carter-reflects-on-his-inauguration-offers-biden-harris-insight-in-video|title=Former President Carter reflects on his inauguration, offers Biden, Harris insight in video|publisher=Fox 5 Atlanta|date=January 21, 2021|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218215845/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/former-president-carter-reflects-on-his-inauguration-offers-biden-harris-insight-in-video|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]] overruled a three-judge panel of the court and scheduled a rehearing of the case against the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]–proposed land swap in Alaska to allow a road through the [[Izembek National Wildlife Refuge]]. In an unusual action, Carter had filed an opinion in support of a lawsuit by environmental groups, saying the swap violated the [[Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act]] passed near the end of his presidency. Carter said the act "may be the most significant domestic achievement of my political life".<ref>{{cite news|last=Fountain |first=Henry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/anilca-road-alaska-trump-court-decision.html |title=Court to reconsider Trump-era decision that favored Alaska road project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111231724/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/11/climate/anilca-road-alaska-trump-court-decision.html |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |date=November 11, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 11, 2022}}</ref> In August 2024, Carter's son Chip said his father wanted to live to 100 to vote for [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Alvord |first=Kyler |date=August 5, 2024 |title=Jimmy Carter Told Son Why He Wants to Live Past 100: 'I'm Only Trying to Make It to Vote for Kamala Harris' |url=https://people.com/jimmy-carter-wants-to-vote-kamala-harris-president-8689929 |access-date=October 16, 2024 |magazine=People}}</ref> He did so on October 16.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |last2=Suggs |first2=Ernie |title=Jimmy Carter votes for Kamala Harris |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/jimmy-carter-fulfills-wish-and-votes-for-kamala-harris/HTE7BVP3AZDIJJNZE3XPYPNGXI/ |access-date=October 16, 2024 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |issn=1539-7459}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunlap |first=Stanley |date=October 15, 2024 |title=Georgia's early voting first-day turnout already breaks record |url=https://georgiarecorder.com/2024/10/15/georgias-early-voting-first-day-turnout-on-already-breaks-record/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |website=Georgia Recorder}}</ref> === Hurricane relief === Carter criticized the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]]'s handling of [[Hurricane Katrina]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wistv.com/story/3878857/jimmy-carter-criticizes-femas-role-in-katrina-relief |title=Jimmy Carter criticizes FEMA's role in Katrina relief |date=September 21, 2005 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=wistv.com |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140458/https://www.wistv.com/story/3878857/jimmy-carter-criticizes-femas-role-in-katrina-relief/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and built homes in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/10/former_president_carter_joins_effort_to_rebuild_sandy-ravaged_union_beach.html |title=Former President Carter joins effort to rebuild Sandy-ravaged Union Beach |date=October 12, 2013 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |first=Christopher |last=Robbins |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012100123/https://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2013/10/former_president_carter_joins_effort_to_rebuild_sandy-ravaged_union_beach.html |url-status=live}}</ref> He also partnered with former presidents to work with [[One America Appeal]] to help the victims of [[Hurricane Harvey]] and [[Hurricane Irma]] in the [[Gulf Coast]] and Texas communities,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/349993-former-presidents-add-irma-recovery-to-fundraising-appeal/ |title=Former presidents fundraise for Irma disaster relief |last=Shelbourne |first=Mallory |date=September 10, 2017 |work=The Hill |access-date=September 11, 2017 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428090029/https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/349993-former-presidents-add-irma-recovery-to-fundraising-appeal |url-status=live}}</ref> in addition to writing op-eds about the goodness seen in Americans who assist each other during natural disasters.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/02/opinions/help-harvey-recovery-jimmy-carter/index.html |title=Jimmy Carter: When the waters rise, so do our better angels |date=September 2, 2017 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=CNN|archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212140452/https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/02/opinions/help-harvey-recovery-jimmy-carter/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> === Other activities === [[File:President Jimmy Carter Interview September 2019.webm|thumb|alt=Video of Carter discussing his legacy.|Carter discussing his legacy and the work of the [[Carter Center]] on the eve of his 95th birthday]] The Carter family's peanut business accumulated a $1 million debt in 1981. Carter began writing books to pay off this debt. As of July 2019, he had "published more than 30, from a children's book to reflections on his presidency".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/when-jimmy-carter-left-office-his-peanut-business-was-deep-in-debt.html|title=When former president Jimmy Carter left office, his peanut business was $1 million in debt|first=Kathleen|last=Elkins|date=July 18, 2019|publisher=CNBC}}</ref> After he left the White House, "[o]n average, he completed just about one book per year over those 35 years, including many bestsellers, a novel and a children's book."<ref>Brinkley, Douglas. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/12/31/jimmy-carter-author/ "Jimmy Carter's many books were as direct and plainspoken as their author"]. ''The Washington Post'', December 31, 2024.</ref> In 1982, Carter founded the [[Carter Center]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline and History of The Carter Center [1981–1989] |url=https://www.cartercenter.org/about/history/chronology_1980.html |website=The Carter Center |access-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101123818/https://www.cartercenter.org/about/history/chronology_1980.html |archive-date=November 1, 2009}}</ref> a non-governmental and nonprofit organization with the purpose of [[Human rights activists|advancing human rights]] and alleviating human [[suffering]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.georgiatrend.com/November-2012/The-Carter-Center-At-30-Years/ |title=The Carter Center At 30 Years |work=GeorgiaTrend |date=October 31, 2012 |access-date=March 11, 2013 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104085840/https://www.georgiatrend.com/November-2012/The-Carter-Center-At-30-Years/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Among these efforts has been working with the [[World Health Organization]] to [[eradication of dracunculiasis|eradicate dracunculiasis]], also called Guinea worm disease. The incidence of this disease has decreased from 3.5{{spaces}}million cases in the mid-1980s<ref>{{Cite news|title=African worm disease from dirty water nearly eradicated, says Jimmy Carter|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guinea-worm-disease-nearly-eradicated-jimmy-carter-says/|access-date=November 21, 2021|publisher=CBS News|date=January 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121080137/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guinea-worm-disease-nearly-eradicated-jimmy-carter-says/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dracunculiasis eradication: "on the threshold of a historic achievement"|url=https://www.who.int/news/item/26-09-2019-dracunculiasis-eradication-on-the-threshold-of-a-historic-achievement|access-date=November 21, 2021|publisher=World Health Organization|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121080134/https://www.who.int/news/item/26-09-2019-dracunculiasis-eradication-on-the-threshold-of-a-historic-achievement|url-status=live}}</ref> to four in the first seven months of 2024, according to the Carter Center's statistics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=View Latest Worldwide Guinea Worm Case Totals|url=https://www.cartercenter.org/health/guinea_worm/case-totals.html|date=August 14, 2024|access-date=August 23, 2024|publisher=Carter Center}}</ref> Carter attended the dedication of his presidential library<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-02-mn-3888-story.html |title=You Gave of Yourself': Reagan Praises Carter at Library Dedication |date=October 2, 1986 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907044303/https://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-02/news/mn-3888_1_carter-s-presidential-library |url-status=live}}</ref> and those of Presidents Ronald Reagan,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/05/us/4-presidents-join-reagan-in-dedicating-his-library.html |title=4 Presidents Join Reagan in Dedicating His Library |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 5, 1991 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |first=Robert |last=Reinhold |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817065855/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/05/us/4-presidents-join-reagan-in-dedicating-his-library.html |url-status=live}}</ref> George H. W. Bush,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/06/us/dedication-of-bush-library-is-set-for-today.html |title=Dedication of Bush Library Is Set for Today |date=November 6, 1997 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212142015/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/06/us/dedication-of-bush-library-is-set-for-today.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Bill Clinton,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/politics/18cnd-clin.html |title=Thousands Attend Dedication of Clinton's Presidential Library |date=November 18, 2004 |last=Newman |first=Maria |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 18, 2009 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615235749/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/politics/18cnd-clin.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4021201.stm |title=Clinton library open for business |date=November 18, 2004 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=December 18, 2009 |archive-date=January 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122014526/https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4021201.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> and George W. Bush.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-apr-25-la-na-bush-library-20130426-story.html |title=At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony |date=April 25, 2013 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002204839/https://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/25/nation/la-na-bush-library-20130426 |url-status=live}}</ref> He delivered eulogies at the funerals of [[Coretta Scott King]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/us/at-mrs-kings-funeral-a-mix-of-elegy-and-politics.html |title=At Mrs. King's Funeral, a Mix of Elegy and Politics |date=February 8, 2006 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810200712/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/08/us/at-mrs-kings-funeral-a-mix-of-elegy-and-politics.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Gerald Ford,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/Funeral/Carter.asp |title=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |website=fordlibrarymuseum.gov |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816125621/https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/Funeral/Carter.asp |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/carter-praises-distinguished-opponent-ford-at-funeral-1.640103 |title=Carter praises 'distinguished opponent' Ford at funeral |publisher=CBC News |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=November 11, 2015 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819114247/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/carter-praises-distinguished-opponent-ford-at-funeral-1.640103 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Theodore Hesburgh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dits |first1=Joseph |title=Habitat ceremony at Notre Dame is only chance to see Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/habitat-ceremony-at-notre-dame-is-only-chance-to-see/article_f63d275c-f402-52cc-a7dd-0cd740ac393f.html |work=South Bend Tribune |publisher=GateHouse Media |date=August 20, 2018 |location=South Bend, Ind. |access-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116192844/https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/habitat-ceremony-at-notre-dame-is-only-chance-to-see/article_f63d275c-f402-52cc-a7dd-0cd740ac393f.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, Carter founded the [[New Baptist Covenant]] organization for [[social justice]].<ref>Carla Hinton, [https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2009/07/25/ex-president-jimmy-carter-works-to-unite-all-baptists/61381494007/ Ex-president Jimmy Carter works to unite all Baptists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106230758/https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2009/07/25/ex-president-jimmy-carter-works-to-unite-all-baptists/61381494007/ |date=November 6, 2023}}, oklahoman.com, US, July 25, 2009</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Cooperman |first1=Alan |date=January 21, 2007 |title=Carter, Clinton Seek To Bring Together Moderate Baptists Exiles From Conservative Group Targeted |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2007/01/21/carter-clinton-seek-to-bring-together-moderate-baptists-span-classbankheadexiles-from-conservative-group-targetedspan/2044354e-264d-4577-8120-03d491375775/ |url-status=live |access-date=September 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223102738/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2007/01/21/carter-clinton-seek-to-bring-together-moderate-baptists-span-classbankheadexiles-from-conservative-group-targetedspan/2044354e-264d-4577-8120-03d491375775/ |archive-date=December 23, 2021}}</ref> In 2013, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, their son Chip, and Chip's wife Becky traveled to the neighborhood of Queens Village in New York City. They worked on five housing construction projects with [[Habitat for Humanity]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/queens-remembers-jimmy-carter-100/article_dfb35677-62eb-5fc8-b34f-f29d1d63e29f.html | title=Queens remembers Jimmy Carter, 100 | date=January 2, 2025 }}</ref> {{As of|2019|August|df=US|post=,}} Carter was Honorary Chair of the [[World Justice Project]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us/who-we-are/honorary-chairs |title=Honorary Chairs |website=World Justice Project |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417085713/https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us/who-we-are/honorary-chairs |url-status=live}}</ref> He was formerly an honorary chair of the [[Continuity of Government Commission]].<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_continuity_of_government.pdf |title=Preserving Our Institutions |date=June 2009 |publisher=[[Continuity of Government Commission]] |via=brookings.edu |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428045333/https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/06_continuity_of_government.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> He continued to occasionally teach Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church as of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mbcplains.org/?page_id=212 |title=Jimmy Carter's Sunday School Class |website=Maranatha Baptist Church |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519103559/https://mbcplains.org/?page_id=212 |archive-date=May 19, 2019 |access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> Carter also taught at [[Emory University]], and in 2019 was awarded tenure for 37 years of service.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/03/politics/jimmy-carter-emory-university-tenure/index.html |title=Jimmy Carter granted tenure at Emory University |last=Watkins |first=Eli |date=June 3, 2019 |publisher=CNN|access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604001205/https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/03/politics/jimmy-carter-emory-university-tenure/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> === Israel and Palestine === {{Further|Commentary on Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid{{!}}Commentary on ''Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid''|Israeli apartheid}} <!-- This section, as well as other mentions of his work with Israel and Palestine are covered by ARBPIA. Your account must be at least 30 days old, and you must have at least 500 edits to edit this material. --> Carter's 2006 book ''[[Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid]],'' a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Best Seller]], generated controversy for characterizing Israel's policies in the [[Israeli-occupied]] West Bank and Gaza Strip as amounting to [[Crime of apartheid|apartheid]].<ref>Craig Daigle, "Beyond Camp David: Jimmy Carter, Palestinian Self-Determination, and Human Rights." ''Diplomatic History'' 42.5 (2018): 802–830.</ref> In remarks broadcast over radio, he said that Israel's policies amounted to an apartheid worse than South Africa's:<ref name="HAIP">{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2006-12-11/ty-article/jimmy-carter-israels-apartheid-policies-worse-than-south-africas/0000017f-db7c-d3a5-af7f-fbfea0530000|title=Jimmy Carter: Israel's 'Apartheid' Policies Worse Than South Africa's|work=Haaretz|access-date=February 19, 2023|date=November 12, 2006|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306044613/https://www.haaretz.com/2006-12-11/ty-article/jimmy-carter-israels-apartheid-policies-worse-than-south-africas/0000017f-db7c-d3a5-af7f-fbfea0530000|url-status=live}}</ref> {{cquote|When Israel does occupy this territory deep within the West Bank, and connects the 200 or so settlements with each other, with a road, and then prohibits the Palestinians from using that road, or in many cases even crossing the road, this perpetrates even worse instances of apartness, or apartheid, than we witnessed even in South Africa.<ref name="HAIP" /> }} Carter defended himself against [[Weaponization of antisemitism|accusations of antisemitism]] by saying "the hope is that my book will at least stimulate a debate, which has not existed in this country. There's never been any debate on this issue of any significance."<ref name="HAIP" /> He said that Israel would not have peace until it agreed to withdraw from the [[Israeli-occupied territories|occupied territories]], adding, "the greatest commitment in my life has been trying to bring peace to Israel."<ref name="HAIP" /> In a 2007 speech at [[Brandeis University]], Carter apologized for wording in the book that suggested that Palestinian suicide terror attacks were justified as a political tool. "That sentence was worded in a completely improper and stupid way. I've written my publishers to change that sentence immediately in future editions of the book. I apologize to you personally and to everyone here."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Carter apologizes for 'mistake' in book |url=https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2008/january/cartervisit.html |access-date=December 31, 2024 |publisher=[[Brandeis University]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Carter defends book; challenges Brandeis to send Mideast delegation |url=https://www.thejustice.org/article/2007/01/carter-defends-book-challenges-brandeis-to-send-mideast-delegation |access-date=December 31, 2024 |website=The Justice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2007 |title=Carter Wins Over Student Crowd at Brandeis, Receives Ovation |url=https://forward.com/news/9916/carter-wins-over-student-crowd-at-brandeis-receiv/ |access-date=December 31, 2024 |website=The Forward }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbUA8ld_2yc |title=Speech to Brandeis University (Jan. 23, 2007) |date=June 20, 2014 |author=The Carter Center |access-date=December 31, 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref> In his 2010 book ''[[We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land]]'', Carter cites Israel's unwillingness to withdraw from the [[occupied Palestinian territories]] and [[Israeli settlements|settlement expansion]] as the primary obstacle to peace in the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/carterbi.phtml |title=Books written by President and Mrs. Carter |website=jimmycarterlibrary.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041012000917/https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/library/carterbi.phtml |archive-date=October 12, 2004}}</ref>
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