Here are two reasons why Trump repeats his criticsm of Mc Cain. Both are very sad.

[Stuart G]

1. He is very sick, and needs to repeat his nonsense.

2. He has been told not to continue to knock McCain, but " Nobody tells me what to do."..

I think it is number 2. Trump doesn't care if it is disrespectful or mean. He doesn't care if someone told him it is bad for his reputation. He only cares about his getting back at people who A) tell him what to do...or B) Do not like what he says.

Also, he is clueless and stupid beyond doubt, and he does not realize he is destroying himself and his family's reputation with this behavior. That is what he has done. No matter what he does now, it is too late. He must resign. This behavior proves he is incompetent and unable to do this job. 4 times in the last 5 days..is proof enough.

[RKP5637]

1. In short, he only listens to the voices in his head!!! n/t

[Stuart G]

2. Yes, it is very sad that he has this job. Too far gone. Those voices in his head have destroyed

him. This repetition proves it. If he could shut up, but now everyone knows he can't.

[RKP5637]

5. His self-destruction is stunning. It will be reviewed in psychiatric and psychological texts for

a long time.

[UniteFightBack]

3. I feel like he may just want to blame his FAILURE on healthcare on McCain. I wouldn't be surprised

if this will be a regular thing he trots out on the campaign trail.

[Jarqui]

4. He knows the Mueller report is coming and it will not be good news

so in his shallow minded way, he's trying to spread the blame around - dumping on McCain for giving the FBI the dossier. (and discrediting the report by someone who didn't get a vote while claiming Hillary's people are behind it, etc).

I think that has a bunch to do with it. He couldn't stop it. Bad news is coming soon. He's feeling the heat and is trying to deflect the upcoming damages.

[BigmanPigman]

9. 100% agree!

[moondust]

6. Also wants to undermine McCain's legacy.

Same as Obama.

Those who do not become good toadies shall suffer the king's wrath--dead or alive!

[politicaljunkie41910]

10. He'll try, but he won't succeed. Trump is the most ignorant person ever to occupy the White House,

and history will not be kind to him. He doesn't read anything, i.e. PDB's, Intelligence Reports, Scientific Reports on Global Warming, etc. so he puffs out his chest and pretends to know things, when he hasn't the first clue as to what it takes to run the federal government. He watches TV half the day, and lies about things he doesn't know because he's too lazy to put in the work to know the job of President of the United States. He thought the job would be easy because after all, Obama had done it. But he failed to acknowledge Obama's intelligence, his ability to process information, and the seriousness of the Office he had undertaken. Trump, the Racist, believed that if a black man could do that job, how hard could it be. He never gave President Obama credit for his intellect. He assumed that what Obama did that took up almost his entire day, and spent time reading after he had dinner with his family, that he could do while watching TV half the day. He has no idea how the Government works, how Congress appropriates money to fund the government, how Bills get passed in Congress, and what level of cooperation it takes among the three branches to keep it open so the government's and the people's business gets done.

President Obama, got up early in the morning to work out and exercise, before going to his day job in the West Wing. He handled the day to day operations because he understood that the federal government was made up of three distinct branches of government, with a system of checks and balances. He had no desire to learn what he didn't know when he was elected, and he has had no desire to learn anything since. He lies about EVERYTHING, and has no intentions of changing that fact, ever. He has an insatiable appetite to have those who work for him or with him, bestow him with false praise on a regular basis to feed his ego. It is quite disturbing to watch someone who is that ignorant, with such an oversized ego.

[moondust]

12. Very well said.

I would probably call it a "God complex"--a combination of extreme hubris and NPD that may have started in childhood when his greedy white supremacist parents didn't teach him the difference between good and evil or hold him accountable for his chronic lying.

Inheriting millions without lifting a finger or learning to work with others allowed him to use all that money as leverage to threaten anyone who would dare to disagree or hold him accountable or simply not toady up. He lost some of his 3500 court cases but that wasn't enough to cause him to alter his acquired behavior or develop any moral character.

You've probably heard the media describe him as "transactional." I believe that means that there are no moral or ethical considerations in his actions. Everything is simply about winning or losing, profit or loss. Maybe he learned from Vince Lombardi and others that: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." In other words, it doesn't matter how you play the game. "When you're a God, you can do anything."

[machoneman]

14. Agreed but sadly he'll be dead before the historians write about the worst President of all time.

He's probably factored that into his approach as not giving a shit about his family name, his kid's future, his wife's status nor even his young son. His 'transactional' mein will destroy the name of Trump for all time, I have no doubt.

He'll likely be buried in secret as way, way too many will want to piss on his grave, or worse!

[JI7]

7. it's the same reason he went after Obama. but in Obama's case it was because

he couldn't stand a black man could be president and just better than him in n any way.

with mccain he will always be inadequate next to the pow war vet. and the fact that mccain got the upper hand on him before he died .

in both cases both guys are very much loved and admired. trump will never have that.

only ones that love and admire trump are those he considers to be lower than him.

[Sanity Claws]

8. McCain got the Steele Dossier and turned it over

I forgot to whom he turned it over - DOJ, FBI.

My guess is that T-rump blames McCain for the investigation because of that.

[Windy City Charlie]

11. That's what I've never understood

What's behind these relentless attacks on McCain all at once? What's sparked it? That's all he's done this week!

[machoneman]

13. Glad, in a way, he's doing it! Nothing else he could do would come anywhere close to losing....

the support of the armed forces, the officer core and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He's working real hard to expose all the b.s. the republiscums have foisted on us and the military for decades as they alone, and not the Democrats, are their real supporters. Bull, I say!

I also think McCain knew this as well. He never derided Democrats for not being supportive of the military to the best of my knowledge. Additionally, he spoke highly of any member of our armed forces regardless of political persuasion.