Trump Trashes John McCain For 'World's Longest Funeral' In New Book

Trump famously skipped the GOP senator's 2018 funeral, bowing to McCain's family.
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Former President Donald Trump jabs at Sen. John McCain for having the “world’s longest funeral” in a continuation of his yearslong feud with the lawmaker who died almost five years ago.

Trump, who once claimed McCain was “not a war hero because he was captured,” used his “Letters to Trump” book to revive his attacks on the late senator, who was a Trump critic.

“I never warmed to him,” wrote Trump, according to a description of the book in the New York Post.

“Never felt good about anybody having anything to do with John McCain and never will, even despite the fact that at their request, I gave him the world’s longest funeral, 11 days. Much like his wars, it never ended.”

Trump famously skipped McCain’s 2018 funeral, at the request of the family.

Trump faced criticism from two veterans groups after the White House flew the U.S. flag at half-staff before raising it again two days after McCain’s death. Trump later ordered the flags back to half-staff until McCain’s funeral.

FILE - Cindy McCain follows the casket out of the funeral service for her late husband Sen. John McCain at the National Cathedral in 2018. Trump used his new “Letters to Trump” book to slam the late senator.
FILE - Cindy McCain follows the casket out of the funeral service for her late husband Sen. John McCain at the National Cathedral in 2018. Trump used his new “Letters to Trump” book to slam the late senator.
Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images

McCain, who died at the age of 81 from brain cancer, has continued to be the subject of Trump’s attacks even after his death.

In 2019, Trump said he was “never a fan” of McCain, who withdrew his support for Trump’s 2016 candidacy after the “Access Hollywood” scandal and later refused to go along with the GOP’s failed attempts to repeal Obamacare.

Trump made the comment after McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, bashed Trump on “The View” for “obsessing over great men” such as her father.

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