WASHINGTON - The White House asked the Navy to hide a destroyer named after Senator John McCain in order to avoid having the ship appear in photographs taken while United States President Donald Trump was visiting Japan this week, White House and military officials said on Wednesday .
One Navy sailor said that McCain sailors wearing their ship's patches were even turned away from the President's address. But the President on Wednesday night denied having any involvement. "I was not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain during my recent visit to Japan," he said on Twitter.
At least a few service members wore round patches emblazoned with a likeness of Mr Trump and the words"Make Aircrew Great Again" - a play on the President's campaign slogan"Make America Great Again" - on their flight suits while listening to their commander in chief speak. In a statement late on Wednesday, Lieutenant Colonel Joe Buccino, a spokesman for the acting defence secretary, Mr Patrick Shanahan, said that Mr Shanahan"was not aware of the directive to move the USS John S. McCain, nor was he aware of the concern precipitating the directive".
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