What total fucking bullshit... Only a child acts like that.

USS McCain was hidden from Trump, putting spotlight on an old feud

By MATTHEW CHOI

The U.S. Navy reportedly tried to obscure the warship USS John S. McCain from President Donald Trump’s view ahead of his visit to Japan last week.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, the destroyer — named partly for the Arizona senator whom Trump repeatedly derided, even after his death — was concealed by tarps and other means to hide its name from the president. Sailors were also told to remove anything bearing the ship’s name, and a barge was moved in front of the ship to further block it from view.

The Journal cited an email from a military official that described the plans, which the official said were based on conversations with the White House and the Navy.

Trump has a history of feuding with the late Republican senator, who died of a brain tumor last August, and The Journal’s report has only added to the back and forth between the president and the McCain family.

“Trump is a child who will always be deeply threatened by the greatness of my dads incredible life,” Meghan McCain, the senator’s daughter, wrote Wednesday night on Twitter. “There is a lot of criticism of how much I speak about my dad, but nine months since he passed, Trump won’t let him RIP. So I have to stand up for him. It makes my grief unbearable.”

Shortly after, Trump responded that he had no idea about the plan to hide the warship, though he did not make any direct comment relating to his relationship with the late senator.

“I was not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain during my recent visit to Japan,” Trump tweeted. “Nevertheless, @FLOTUS and I loved being with our great Military Men and Women — what a spectacular job they do!”

The USS John S. McCain was originally named for McCain’s grandfather and father, who were both Navy admirals. In July 2018, a month before his death, the senator was added as a namesake.

McCain was one of Trump’s most outspoken Republican critics and never hid his disdain for the president’s norms-bashing style. He famously broke ranks from his party by voting against Republicans’ effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, solidifying his status as persona non grata with the president.

Trump complained earlier this year that he had not been thanked for the state funeral held for McCain last year, even though he did not organize the service. As a presidential candidate in 2016, he mocked the senator, saying McCain was not a war hero because he was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

“I like people who weren’t captured,” Trump said at the time.