Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said it was “not unreasonable” for a White House staffer to ask the U.S. Navy to move the USS John S. McCain warship so President Donald Trump wouldn’t have to see it during his visit to a naval base in Japan.
“An advance team is hundreds of people,” Mulvaney told host Chuck Todd. “The fact that some 23- or 24-year-old person on the advance team went to that site and said, ‘Oh my goodness, there’s the John McCain. We all know how the president feels about the former senator. Maybe that’s not the best backdrop. Could somebody look into moving it?’ That’s not an unreasonable thing to ask.
“A request was made to the U.S. Navy to minimize the visibility of USS John S. McCain, however, all ships remained in their normal configuration during the President’s visit,” Navy Chief of Information Rear Adm. Charlie Brown said in a statement Saturday. “I was very angry with John McCain because he killed health care,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “I was not a big fan of John McCain in any way, shape or form.”
Pipsqueak
There’s been stories reported supporting this and stories reported denying this. What story do you believe? And PS, why is it a story at all
It's childish behavior we expect nothing less out of Trump, he's in Kindergarten
No, all of this is unreasonable. This whole government takeover by morally corrupt stooges. Spitting on the decent and honorable while our standing on the globe quickly dissolves. 2020 is too far away.
Didn't McCain, MeghanMcCain and his wife ask that the President not attend his funeral? What is the big deal that someone suggested having the USS McCain out of sight?
Disgraceful to America and the USNavy
McCain was never a saint- he was a pathetic Senator and much of his Military Career is in question- Trump hates him with good reason- so what- Still not Illegal- what you want to impeach?
they have no shame
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