“If Jimmy Carter were a tree, he’d be an towering, old Southern oak,” commentator Donna Brazile said.
Workers make adjustments to a wooden cake display on the North Lawn of the White House on Sept. 30, 2023, in honor of former President Jimmy Carter's 99th birthday this weekend. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP PhotoATLANTA — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit.
Celebrating the longest-lived U.S. president this way was inconceivable not long ago. The Carters announced in February that their patriarch was forgoing further medical treatments and entering home hospice care after a series of hospitalizations. Yet Carter, who overcame cancer diagnosed at age 90 and learned to walk after having his hip replaced at age 94, defied all odds again.
Katie Couric, the first woman to anchor a U.S. television network’s evening news broadcast, praised Carter in a social media video for his “relentless effort every day to make the world a better place.” “Jimmy! Happy birthday,” Clinton said. “You only get to be 99 once. It’s been a long, good ride, and we thank you for your service and your friendship and the enduring embodiment of the American dream.”
Yet Carter’s focus on diplomacy, his emphasis on the environment before the climate crisis was widely acknowledged and his focus on efficient government — his presidency added a relative pittance to the national debt — have garnered second looks from historians.
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