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Meghan McCainis standing up for her late father.
The Viewco-host spoke out againstPresident Trumpon Wednesday in response to aWall Street Journalreportpublished on Wednesday that claimed the White House asked for the USSJohn McCainto remain “out of sight” during the president’s trip to Japan.
“It makes my grief unbearable,” she added.
A May 15 email sent to U.S. Navy and Air Force Officials from a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command official said the “USS John McCain needs to be out of sight,” according to theWSJ. It was the third instruction in the message, after outlining plans for Trump’s arrival and proper helicopter landing areas.
“Please confirm #3 will be satisfied,” the official wrote in the email, per theWSJ.According to the outlet’s report, the officials were surprised at the direction.
Shortly after Meghan’s tweet, Trump posted his own response to the story.
“I was not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain during my recent visit to Japan. Nevertheless,@FLOTUSand I loved being with our great Military Men and Women – what a spectacular job they do!” he wrote on Twitter.
TheWSJpointed out that Trump visited the helicopter carrier JS Kaga on his trip, from which the USS John McCain would have ben visible.
In 2018, the former presidential candidate was added to the vessel’s list of namesakes for the vessel, which include his father and grandfather, according to the paper.
Trump has publicly spoken against the late senatormultiple times, most notably on the campaign trail.
“He’s not a war hero,” Trump said in 2015, reiterating a stance he had previously taken on60 Minutesin 1999. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
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“I wasn’t a fan of John McCain,” Trump said shortly after the late statesman’s memorial services, after complaining that he “didn’t get a thank you” for “approving” his funeral service. While Trump’s meaning was unclear, as John’s funeral did not require presidential approval, the president was likely referring to allowing the use of a military plane to transport John’s body to Washington, D.C.
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Meghan remains one of her late father’s staunchest supporters. She recently asked Sen.Amy Klobucharnot to speak about her father on the 2020 campaign trail.
“On behalf of the entire McCain family – @amyklobuchar please be respectful to all of us and leave my fathers legacy and memory out of presidential politics,” she said in a tweet after the Minnesota senatorrecounted a storyabout John at Trump’s inauguration.
OnThe View, sherecently saidof her father, “[Trump] spends his weekend obsessing over great men because — he knows it and I know it and all of you know it — he will never be a great man. My father was his kryptonite in life, he’s his kryptonite in death.”
John died last August at the age of 81.
source: people.com
