Trump Attacks McCain: ‘He’s Been Losing So Long He Doesn’t Know How to Win Anymore’
After President Donald Trump was done targeting Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) for supposedly misrepresenting comments made to him by Neil Gorsuch (though that isn’t the case at all), POTUS got to work attacking another member of the Senate.
Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. Only emboldens the enemy! He’s been losing so….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2017
…long he doesn’t know how to win anymore, just look at the mess our country is in – bogged down in conflict all over the place. Our hero..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2017
..Ryan died on a winning mission ( according to General Mattis), not a “failure.” Time for the U.S. to get smart and start winning again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2017
Yep. That is the President of the United States essentially calling a member of his own party a loser. He’s also saying that a war hero who spent nearly 6 years in a POW camp in Vietnam should stay quiet when it comes to discussing military missions. (Sen. John McCain called the Yemen raid a “failure.”)
On top of all that, Trump is obviously doubling down on the description of the the highly criticized Yemen raid as a success, despite the high number of civilian causalities and Yemen now withdrawing permission to the United States to conduct special operations missions in the country.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Donald Trump has personally attacked McCain. Early in his presidential campaign, Trump questioned McCain’s status as a war hero. He also took shots at McCain after the Arizona lawmaker pulled his endorsement of Trump in the wake of the Access Hollywood tape.
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