Trump: 'I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be'

[mystery-ak]

Trump: 'I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be'
By Jordan Fabian - 03/19/19 12:35 PM EDT



President Trump on Tuesday escalated his attacks on former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) after facing blowback for berating the late senator over the weekend.

“I was never a fan of John McCain, and I never will be,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked why he continues to attack McCain even seven months after his death.

The comments showed Trump’s penchant to stew over long-held grievances, many of which he resurfaced in a flurry of weekend tweets targeting McCain, former Vice President Joe Biden, the news media, Democrats, General Motors, the Mueller investigation and others.

Sitting beside Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday, Trump said he remains “very unhappy” with McCain for the late senator's “disgraceful” vote that sank congressional Republicans' effort to repeal ObamaCare among “other things” that have angered him.

Trump took aim at McCain in a pair of weekend tweets for his reported role in passing a dossier full of explosive claims about Trump’s ties to Russia to federal law enforcement, in addition to his 2017 health care vote.

“Spreading the fake and totally discredited Dossier ‘is unfortunately a very dark stain against John McCain.’ Ken Starr, Former Independent Counsel,” Trump wrote. “He had far worse ‘stains’ than this, including thumbs down on repeal and replace after years of campaigning to repeal and replace!”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/434735-trump-i-was-never-a-fan-of-john-mccain

[mountaineer]

The comments showed Trump’s penchant to stew over long-held grievances

I have no grievances and am not stewing, and I still have no regard for John McCain. 

[libertybele]

Why would he be a fan??  The s.o.b. interfered with the election and tried to seat Hillary.  He voted mostly along with the DEMS, and rumor (?) has it that he wasn't the kind of 'hero' that people picture.  I'm definitely not a fan either and am still proud to say I didn't vote for him!

[Bigun]

“I was never a fan of John McCain, and I never will be,”...

That goes for me as well!  Couldn't stand him alive and still can't now.

[Absalom]

If Trump were as clever as he fantasizes, he might refer to the reality that
McCain crashed 3 aircraft during he early years as a pilot during the 1960ties.
In every case, the Naval Aviation Board investigating concluded that the
cause of each was pilot error.
Trump might say, "Anyone here believe that McCain would have remained a
Naval Aviator were his Grand-Father and Father not Four Star Admirals?????
That might shut fatso McCain up, at least for a day!!!