President Donald Trump vetoed a tweet from the White House that paid tribute to late Senator John McCain’s achievements, according to the Washington Post.
The newspaper reported Sunday that the leader didn’t want to send out a message that called the man who fought in the Vietnam war a ‘hero’, however he shared a message Saturday that simply expressed his ‘deepest sympathies’ for the politician’s family.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and other staff has edited a draft created before McCain passed away, according to the anonymous source.
The final version was not approved reports the Post and Sanders declined to comment.
Former Trump legal team spokesperson Mark Corallo, acknowledged that Trump’s reaction was ‘atrocious.’
President Donald Trump (pictured August 23, 2018) vetoed a tweet from the White House that paid tribute to late Senator John McCain’s achievements, according to a report
John McCain (pictured December 2017) passed away after a battle with brain cancer this weekend and Trump, 72, left White House officials to post their own personal tributes
He told the publication ‘at a time like this, you would expect more of an American president when you’re talking about the passing of a true American hero’.
McCain passed away after a battle with brain cancer this weekend and Trump, 72, left White House officials to post their own personal tributes.
It comes after POTUS was spotted playing golf Sunday afternoon as social media followers waited for a more meaningful statement from the president, whose daughter Ivanka Trump, had expressed condolences.
Trump had seemingly spent the whole day pointed ignoring either the death o McCain or the mass shooting in Florida.
By Sunday evening he was posting about his approval rate, despite followers earlier expressing their disgust for him ignoring the weekend’s two major events.
Trump continued to offend people by bragging about himself on Twitter Sunday evening
The president tweeted his condolences to the grieving McCain family on Saturday evening, but failed to acknowledge the impact the senator has had on American political life, and his record as one of the nation’s most celebrated war heroes
‘Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall,’ he wrote. ‘This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!’
Many notable names in politics, including Obama and Britain’s Prime Minister Teresa May, had publicly honored the senator on a personal level.
POTUS was spotted arriving at the golf course on Sunday morning, less than 17 hours after the death of McCain.
The president has remained somewhat quiet about the Arizona Republican senator’s death, drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle after he posted a meager tweet with his condolences for the family that failed to acknowledge the impact McCain has had on American political life, and his record as one of the nation’s most celebrated war heroes.
Many notable names in politics, including Barack Obama and Britain’s Prime Minister Teresa May, had publicly honored the senator and his personal achievements as the White House flag remained at half-staff Sunday
A group of both supporters and protesters gathered outside the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, as the president arrived, holding Make America Great Again signs as well as others that say ‘FAKE PRESIDENT’ and ‘RESIGN NOW’.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that Trump will not attend McCain’s funeral, at his family’s request, but Barack Obama and George W. Bush will speak.
Trump and McCain’s bad blood stems back to June 2015 when Trump announced he was running for president and called Mexican immigrants ‘rapists’ and drug runners during a speech.
McCain distanced himself from the future-president saying in an interview that he disagreed with Trump’s comment. Trump fired back by calling McCain ‘incompetent’ during a July 2015 rally at the Phoenix Convention Center.
The White House flag remained at half-staff Sunday afternoon.