Asked about it as he walked into a New Year's Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded, "I'll be there."
Pressed on whether he'd spoken to members of Carter's family, Trump said he'd rather not say.
Funeral services honouring former US president Jimmy Carter will be held in coming days. (AP PHOTO)
Funeral services honouring Carter, who died on Sunday at age 100, will be held in Georgia and Washington, beginning January 4 and concluding January. 9.
Trump was a frequent and fierce critic of Carter on the campaign trail ahead of November's election, using the rising inflation rates of the 1970s to unfavourably compare President Joe Biden to Carter and his administration.
But the president-elect was gracious about the former president in posts on his social media site after Carter's death on Sunday, writing that the nation "owed him a debt of gratitude."
"While I strongly disagreed with him philosophically and politically, I also realised that he truly loved and respected our Country, and all it stands for," Trump wrote of Carter.
"He worked hard to make America a better place, and for that I give him my highest respect."
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