JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [3-20-19] went after the late Sen. John McCain once again, saying that he ‘gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted,’ but ‘didn’t get a thank you.’ Speaking in front of a crowd at a tank plant in Lima, Ohio, the president continued the attacks on McCain that he began over the weekend. Trump said he was responsible for authorizing the state funeral services for McCain, who died of cancer in August, but got no gratitude…Trump and McCain clashed repeatedly after the former launched his presidential campaign, but their feud peaked in 2017 when the senator sunk GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare with a dramatic thumbs-down vote. Trump was not invited to McCain’s funeral last year, and the American flag atop the White House was initially raised to full-staff in the wake of the senator’s death — and was returned to half-staff in McCain’s honor only after the move garnered criticism from both sides of the aisle.”
–Katie Galioto, “Trump says he never got a thank you for McCain’s funeral,” Politico, March 20, 2019 4:53 pm