3/20/2019

JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump complained Wednesday [3-20-19] that he didn’t receive a thank you for approving the funeral the late Sen. John McCain wanted, marking his latest grievance in his recent onslaught against the Arizona Republican…Last year, McCain died of brain cancer, and as part of his services, lay in state in the Capitol building in Washington. CNN previously reported that the senator, who had been held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, did not want the President at his funeral. McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, also revealed earlier this year that she wished Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Trump’s daughter and son-in-law and senior advisers, had not attended the funeral. Trump’s remark about the funeral came as the President has continued to denigrate the dead senator’s legacy. Last weekend, Trump attacked McCain in several tweets that targeted his ties to the controversial Russia dossier and his vote against repealing Obamacare. He also referred to McCain as being ‘last in his class’ at the US Naval Academy.”

Maegan Vazquez, “Trump complains he didn’t get a ‘thank you’ for McCain’s funeral,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, March 20, 2019 6:59 pm