Editing Jimmy Carter (section)

=== 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>