Trump: 'I was never a fan of John McCain'
Source: The Hill
President Trump on Tuesday escalated his attacks on former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) after spending the weekend blasting the late senator on Twitter.
I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Trump said he remains very unhappy with McCain for the late senator's vote that sank congressional Republicans' effort to repeal ObamaCare, even seven months after his death, and added he did not like the former Arizona GOP senator even before that.
In a pair of weekend tweets, Trump took aim at McCain for his reported role in passing a dossier full of explosive claims about Trumps ties to Russia to federal law enforcement as well as his healthcare vote.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/434735-trump-i-was-never-a-fan-of-john-mccain
Paging Lindsey Graham...
Botany
(70,639 posts)... they are beyond hope.
Doubling down on being seen as petty and mean towards a dead man has to
give pause to at least some of them. One can only hope that these kind of classless
acts might start peeling away some of Trump's GOP support in the senate.
Meanwhile John McCain's best buddy sits quietly in the corner saying nothing.
colorado_ufo
(5,743 posts)However, when it comes to his opinion of Sen. McCain, his opinion is insignificant. Therefore, when he doubles down, his opinion is just twice as insignificant.
And no matter what he says, he can't undo Sen. McCain's vote that saved The Affordable Care Act.
Sad.
A disgrace.
Loser.
Why, I can imagine Trump's father now, saying those things to him!
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,601 posts)he keeps digging.
Funtatlaguy
(10,893 posts)Siwsan
(26,320 posts)on Twitter:
"No one will ever love you the way they loved my father.... I wish I had been given more Saturdays with him. Maybe spend yours with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine?"
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,893 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)I'd say she was being generous when she said "half of Donald Trump's supporters belong in a 'basket of deplorables'".
louis c
(8,652 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)little donnie might just take that as a dare!
But, I agree.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)IronLionZion
(45,628 posts)Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)I suspect over the next decade we'll be hearing a lot of "I want never a real fan of Trump" from everyone (even his supporters)
I would say Trump is a dickbag for saying this about a guy who has been dead for over half a year, but I think him saying he's not a fan will be viewed as a compliment more than an insult.
world wide wally
(21,760 posts)Jedi Guy
(3,286 posts)After all, he's the best. Bigly. People are saying that. Believe me.
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)turbinetree
(24,745 posts)and says..................... Mirror Mirror on the Wall who is the best of them all.....................
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough......................
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)put the final nail in his Reelection coffin. Those Rank and File Rethugs out there in Fly Over Land,just bailed on him.
Paladin
(28,283 posts)I think one of the very few accurate things trump ever said was that his voters would support him, even if he murdered somebody on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. Taking him and his base down in 2020 is going to be joy of my political life.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Wisconsin and Iowa as well as the Buffalo Ridge area,times are a getting tough and the Trump's peeing and moaning has run it's course.
Their Pocket Books are running empty as well as their Bank Accounts and House and Land Values are going in the same direction.
Those who are dirt kickers are getting crushed the hardest. All those Trump Votes are flipping. You want to piss off a Swede or German in the midwest,screw with his pocket book.
Paladin
(28,283 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)When W was president, Republicans were 32% of the electorate. With Trump, the GOP is down to 25% of the electorate.
So, while his base is strongly behind him, it's a smaller number of people in total.
Bush gets 80% of 32% of the GOP base and it's 25.6% of the total electorate
Trump gets 90% of the smaller 25% base and it's 22.5% of the total electorate, a total drop of 3.1%
In 2016, the media & Russia helped Trump keep those wavering Republicans and also grab some independents. I don't think Russia will have as big an effect in 2020 because it was "new" in 2016 and many didn't know how to react.
The media here in the US still loves all things Trump, though. So, I still have the fear that it will be like 2016 in that regards - Trump's 10-15 scandals a week will be weighed against the 1 or 2 total scandals against the eventual Democratic nominee, like it was with Hillary's emails/server versus the 200 Trump scandals.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Comcast Media as well as Time Warner were all in with the Free Trump Call in Self Promotional Crap. CBS was just as guilty,it sells ads and ads produce bottom line profit.
Screw the Nation,I got the money.
DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)MBS
(9,688 posts)Papyro
(7 posts)marble falls
(57,479 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,743 posts)will always kick him right back!
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BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)PatSeg
(47,741 posts)McCain wasn't any too fond of you either, but then, who is?
What a petty idiot.
Turbineguy
(37,412 posts)Benedict Arnold was no fan of George Washington.
Timmygoat
(779 posts)At a joint press conference outside the White House, do you think he sleeps in that long black overcoat?
Chin music
(23,002 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,493 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)DT's says he's not a John McCain fan. He's also not Brave, Kind, Honest, Decent, Smart, Generous or Patriotic.
Many of us disagreed with him politically, but there's no doubt that Sen. McCain was a patriot who served and sacrificed greatly for his country and will be remembered favorably for it.
History will not be kind to DT.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)McCain had, plus it kept 45 out of the news, you know how he hates that.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,040 posts)It was ALL POWs who Trump ridiculed when he said he liked people who were not captured.