So what is the problem with the U.S. flag being at half-staff in honor of Jimmy Carter during Trump's inauguration. This has happened multiple times throughout U.S. history. For example -- at Nixon's inauguration the U.S. flag was at half-staff in honor of Harry Truman who passed away.
It is very obvious by now that Zero Hedge is a Kremlin propaganda source -- even the U.S. government has stated so. You can read many previous articles about this in the Politics forum. Go do a search if you are interested in learning more.
Two stories about Ukraine from a third party site that they weren't aware was a Russian propaganda outlet, which they apologized for. Liberals and blind conformists like GWB want them tarred forever.