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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Aug 26, 2018, 08:12 PM Aug 2018

Donald Trump's brevity on John McCain speaks volumes about their strained relationship

WASHINGTON – Amid the weekend's outpouring of tributes to Sen. John McCain, President Donald Trump's brief, 21-word tweet spoke volumes.

Since the start of his presidential campaign in 2015, when he said McCain's more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam didn't make him a war hero, Trump hasn't liked McCain. "I like people who weren't captured," he said then.
The feeling was mutual. McCain complained in 2015 that Trump "fired up the crazies" in his home state of Arizona over illegal immigration. A month before the election, McCain withdrew his support after Trump was caught on tape speaking in lewd fashion about assaulting women.

Over the years, Trump called McCain "very weak" on immigration, "foul-mouthed" and "a dummy." McCain has referred to the president as "poorly informed," "impulsive" and a proponent of "spurious, half-baked nationalism."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/president-donald-trumps-brevity-on-john-mccain-speaks-volumes-about-their-strained-relationship/ar-BBMtvQi?li=BBnb7Kz

Quite the projection there dotard.

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Donald Trump's brevity on John McCain speaks volumes about their strained relationship (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2018 OP
"I like people who weren't captured." Big talk from raccoon Aug 2018 #1
Cadet Bonespurs would have squealed... 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #2
And the media interest in Trump's tweet about McCain also speaks volumes oberliner Aug 2018 #3
McCain knew how to color an American flag. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #4
Donald Trump didn't want the White House to release a statement praising the life of John McCain Gothmog Aug 2018 #5
Fraud is so Stupid.. he doesn't know Cha Aug 2018 #6
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