Trump bashes John McCain’s funeral in new book: ‘Much like his wars, it never ended’
By Jesse O’Neill
April 26, 2023 4:29pm
Donald Trump’s contempt of Sen. John McCain in life and death is on full display in his new $95 book.
“Letters to Trump” features commentary about the war hero-turned-Republican stalwart from the former president, who mused that his 2018 state funeral was too long.
“I never warmed to him,” wrote Trump, “never felt good about anybody having anything to do with John McCain and never will, even despite the fact that at their request, I gave him the world’s longest funeral, 11 days. Much like his wars, it never ended.”
McCain’s memorial events actually spanned five days, not 11. He lay in state at the Arizona Capitol Building for a day ahead of a memorial service in Phoenix.
From there, his body was taken to Washington, DC, where he lay in state at the US Capitol for one day before a memorial at the Washington National Cathedral and burial at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery over the next two.
Trump was not invited to McCain’s funeral after the then-sitting president disparaged the disabled Vietnam veteran’s five and a half years as a prisoner of war while running for office.
Instead, former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush — who both thwarted McCain’s bids for the White House — were asked to eulogize McCain, who served as a senator from Arizona for 31 years before his death from brain cancer at the age of 81.
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