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Schwarzenegger Steps in to Defend John McCain's Legacy
Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McCain saw in each other a willingness to buck the Republican Party and became fast friends and political allies. Mindful of McCain’s legacy, the former California governor said on Wednesday he couldn’t stay silent in the face of President Trump’s recent spate of attacks on the late senator.
He told me Trump’s swipes at McCain are both disgraceful and destructive. “He was just an unbelievable person,” Schwarzenegger said. “So an attack on him is absolutely unacceptable if he’s alive or dead—but even twice as unacceptable since he passed away a few months ago. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever to do that. I just think it’s a shame that the president lets himself down to that kind of level. We will be lucky if everyone in Washington followed McCain’s example, because he represented courage.”
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Trump, he suggested, should shift focus from tweeting to governing.“The president should lift people up, should lift the nation up rather than always tearing people down,” he said.
In a jab at the president’s 243-pound physique, the former world-champion bodybuilder said that Trump should turn his attention to infrastructure and immigration reform when he wakes up and starts his morning workout.
“I know he must be working out every day because he’s so unbelievably in shape,” Schwarzenegger quipped.
Trump, he said, should consult the First Lady, who has made online bullying a cause. “Why don’t you go and sit down with your wife for just a few minutes, Mr. President, and listen to the First Lady when she’s talking about stopping online bullying. That is a really great message. Which way do we go? Your way, or her way. That’s really the question here.”
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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/03/arnold-schwarzenegger-condemns-trumps-attacks-mccain/585421/
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