Trump Toys With Abuse of Office in Beef Against Washington Post, Msnbc

From the moment Donald Trump announced his presidential ambitions, he and Sen. John McCain had been locked in a highly publicized feud, waged in media interviews, on Twitter, at rallies, and in official statements.

Trump'due south condemnation of Mexican immigrants as "rapists" and "criminals" lit the fuse, with McCain saying he disagreed with the characterization.

The state of war of words  — over policy and politics — sizzled e'er since.

In politics, the adage "never speak ill of the dead" applied also to the dying, including one's enemies. Merely that sentiment seemingly disappeared.

While McCain may not have deserved the abuse heaped on him, he certainly courted it, throwing as many punches every bit he took.

Here'south a list of the insults, snubs and attacks by the president and his White House directed toward McCain:

June 30, 2015: Two weeks afterwards Trump appear his presidential candidacy in a oral communication widely criticized for calling Mexican immigrants "rapists" and drug runners, McCain put distance between himself and the glory billionaire. "I just disagree with his comments about the, quote, Mexicans," McCain told The Arizona Commonwealth after he held a town-hall-style event at CAE Aviation University Phoenix at Mesa'due south Falcon Field drome.

July 10, 2015:The Republic published a story with the headline "McCain, Flake want no role of Trump's Phoenix rally." Trump campaign sources subsequently confirmed that Trump himself knew about the article, which quoted McCain speaking near Trump's comments virtually Mexicans on MSNBC. "I only call back that it is offensive to not only Hispanic citizenry, but other citizenry, but he's entitled to say what he wants to say," McCain said. "But I guarantee you the overwhelming majority (in Arizona) ... practise not agree with his mental attitude, that he has displayed, toward our Hispanic citizens. We love them."

July 11, 2015: Trump appeared at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center. "We have incompetent politicians, not simply the president," Trump told the crowd. "I hateful, right here, in your ain country, you lot accept John McCain." The pro-Trump audience booed the mention of McCain's name. After the event, Trump hammered McCain some more. "I've supported John McCain, but he's very weak on immigration," Trump said. "If the right person runs against John McCain, he will lose."

July 16, 2015: The New Yorkerpublished McCain's reaction to Trump's Arizona rally. "This performance with our friend out in Phoenix is very hurtful to me," McCain said in the interview. "Because what he did was he fired upward the crazies." Trump immediately fired dorsum on Twitter, enervating that McCain repent for the "crazies" remark and calling McCain a "dummy" for graduating concluding in his class at the U.South. Naval University. Trump chosen for McCain to be defeated in his primary.

July 18, 2015: The feud really exploded when Trump, at a Saturday effect in Iowa, disparaged McCain'south service during the Vietnam State of war. Trump, who did non serve in Vietnam, said McCain was "a war hero because he was captured" and that he liked "people that weren't captured." McCain, a erstwhile Navy aviator who was shot down in 1967 and held as a prisoner of war for more five years, was dedicated past groups such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Military Officers Association of America, Republic of iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and Concerned Veterans for America.

Aug. 10, 2015: McCain, who had been trying to keep out of a running feud with Trump, criticized Trump over comments about Play a trick on News personality Megyn Kelly, a contend moderator who had clashed with Trump. McCain denounced Trump's comments, which were widely derided as sexist, every bit offensive. McCain besides dedicated his record on veterans' bug from Trump's attacks. "He said that I had been a member of the Veterans' Affairs Commission. I've never been on the Veterans' Affairs Committee," McCain said. "He said that I haven't done annihilation for veterans. The concluding ii major pieces of legislation were washed by me, and nosotros handle thousands — literally thousands — over time of veterans cases, of helping them. I'grand proud of our tape of helping our veterans, and every veterans organization, after what Mr. Trump said, came to my defense."

March 1, 2016: Trump won big on Super Tuesday, making his march toward the Republican presidential nomination all but unstoppable. Pressure began building on McCain, who had been saying he would support whoever the GOP's standard-bearer was, even Trump. Kirkpatrick's campaign put out a web ad showing McCain saying he'd support Trump while highlighting a range of controversial Trump remarks. McCain was in a difficult political position considering he was in the middle of a Republican master campaign in which he was constantly attacked as too moderate or liberal.

March 3, 2016: McCain joined Paw Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee, in beating up Trump. McCain focused on strange policy. At the fourth dimension, McCain aides pointed out that he'd also taken Trump to task over Trump'southward attitude toward Muslims, Trump'due south support for torture, and Trump'due south approving remarks virtually Russian President Vladimir Putin.

April xix, 2016: McCain appear he would not attend the Republican National Convention in July, where Trump would accept the political party'south nomination.

May v, 2016:Politico published audio leaked from a fundraiser in which McCain grimly tells supporters that Trump is hurting the GOP brand with Arizona's Latino electorate and that "this may exist the race of my life." But McCain subsequently told reporters he was sticking with Trump. "Considering I'yard a proud Republican. I am a Ronald Reagan-Teddy Roosevelt Republican and I back up the Republican Party," McCain said. "And the Republicans take chosen the nominee for the party. I think that makes sense."

May eleven, 2016: Trump seemed to desire to make peace with McCain, telling national radio personality Don Imus: "You lot know, bluntly, I like John McCain, and John McCain is a hero. Also, heroes are people that are, you know, whether they get caught or don't get caught, they're all heroes as far equally I'm concerned. And that'due south the way information technology should exist."

Aug. 1, 2016: McCain hit Trump over his set on on the parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in action in Iraq in 2004. However, McCain did not withdraw his support of Trump. "I'll tell yous what: Anytime from at present on, when that question is asked, if I alter my mind, I'll let yous know," McCain told reporters. Trump quickly retaliated by saying he would non endorse McCain in his primary, resurrecting his accusation that McCain hadn't done a proficient job for veterans.

Aug. 5, 2016: Trump changed grade and read a formal endorsement of McCain. "I hold in the highest esteem Senator John McCain for his service to our country in uniform and in public function," Trump said. "And I fully support and endorse his re-election."

Oct. four, 2016: McCain stood upwards for Trump with regard to comments Trump fabricated about soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder; McCain suggested the media left out the context and distorted Trump's meaning. Trump thanked McCain on Twitter.

October. viii, 2016: McCain finally pulled his support of Trump later on a vulgar 2005 recording of Trump talking about women surfaced, joining many other Republicans in walking out on their party's nominee.

Jan. 29, 2017: McCain and fellow Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South.C., issued a statement criticizing Trump's initial executive guild on immigration, calling it "poorly vetted."

The senators said they feared the social club "will go a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism."

In response, Trump fired back from his Twitter account, calling the two "sadly weak."

February. 9, 2017: After McCain criticized the White House for calling a raid on Republic of yemen a success, noting a U.S. Navy SEAL died during the result, Trump attacked McCain on Twitter. He chided the senator for characterizing the raid as a failure, maxim it simply emboldens the enemy.

May thirty, 2017: In Australia for talks on security in the Asia-Pacific region, McCain urged Commonwealth of australia to not requite upwardly on its alliance with the Usa over jitters about Trump. "I realize that some of President Trump's actions and statements have unsettled America's friends," McCain said. "They have unsettled many Americans as well."

That referred to a testy phone telephone call betwixt the newly installed Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, which allegedly ended with Trump hanging upwards on Turnbull. McCain after helped to smooth over the incident.

June 12, 2017: While non a fan of onetime President Barack Obama'southward foreign policy, McCain said the U.S.' continuing abroad was better under the previous administration. His remarks came in the same calendar month that Trump criticized Sadiq Khan, the first Muslim mayor of London, on Twitter after terrorists killed eight and wounded dozens others subsequently an assault in that city.

"What do you think the message is? the message is that America doesn't desire to lead," McCain said about Trump's argument, according to The Guardian.

June 30, 2017: After Trump attacked MSNBC morning news personalities Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough on Twitter, McCain tells NBC News, "I'm just embarrassed. Embarrassed isn't the right word. I simply regret it."

He added he wasn't surprised, but disappointed. A survey by The Washington Post found at least three dozen other members of Congress from both parties felt the same way.

July 20, 2017: Just hours after announcing he had been diagnosed with encephalon cancer, McCain blasts Trump for his decision to end an Obama policy of offering CIA training for moderate Syrian rebels fighting the authorities of Bashar Al-Assad.

"If these reports are true, the administration is playing correct into the hands of Vladimir Putin," McCain said in a statement.

July 27, 2017:McCain casts a dramatic "no" vote on the "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act, providing the decisive vote that kept the law live. The late-night vote brought an immediate, somewhat mild, reaction from Trump. But he would soon apply numerous opportunities to diss McCain — usually without naming him — by calling out the senator's "thumbs-down" gesture that sank the bill.

Aug. xv, 2017: McCain defended then-national security adviser H.R. McMaster from critics on the alt-right, a loosely defined grouping whose far-right ideology includes racism, populism and white nationalism. When asked about it, Trump responded past attacking McCain, not for his McMaster defense, but for his vote against the Affordable Care Act repeal.

"You hateful Senator McCain, who voted against usa getting adept health care?" Trump said.

Sept. 1, 2017: In a Washington Post invitee column, McCain wrote that bipartisan cooperation is more of import than ever, given Trump has "no experience in public part, is oft poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct."

While saying Congress must respect the office of president and its authority, he reminded his fellow lawmakers they are not subordinate to the president and accept a function in providing a check on executive actions.

October 17, 2017: While accepting the Liberty Medal, McCain denounced "spurious, one-half-baked nationalism," and warned that arroyo is leading America to lose its prominence in world leadership.

During a radio interview the side by side solar day, Trump issued a alarm to McCain after the senator had criticized him on foreign policy.

"I'm being very, very nice but at some point, I fight back and it won't be pretty," Trump said.

Asked about those comments on The View, a Tv set show co-hosted by his daughter, Meghan, McCain laughed off the warning.

Nov. eleven, 2017: Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted his country did not interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections — a statement that Trump accepted. McCain did not, and lashed out at Trump for taking the word of the Russian dictator over the findings of U.Due south. intelligence officials.

March 20, 2018: After Trump congratulated Russian President Putin for winning re-election, McCain lashed out at the comment every bit un-American. "An American president does non lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections," McCain said.

May 3, 2018: In his forthcoming memoir, McCain condemned Trump's leadership style, saying that to the president, "the appearance of toughness or a reality prove facsimile of toughness seems to matter more than any of our values."

He also criticized Trump for his harsh cess of refugees, his label equally "fake news" any accounts he does non hold with and his praise for dictators and autocrats.

May 5, 2018: The New York Times reported that McCain doesn't want Trump to attend his funeral and would prefer to take Vice President Mike Pence exist there. The comments came from associates close to McCain, and were confirmed by multiple news sources.

May 10, 2018: White Business firm staffer Kelly Sadler joked in a meeting that the assistants didn't need to worry almost McCain'due south opposition to the nominee for CIA managing director because he was "dying anyway."

Her leaked remark was in response to McCain's opposition to Gina Haspel. The comment was widely criticized by both those who oppose the president and his backers. Many called for her to fired, including members of the McCain family.

Sadler kept her job and the White House refused to apologize for the comment.

It wasn't until a calendar month subsequently that Sadler was quietly permit become.

June 20, 2018: At a rally in Duluth, Minnesota, Trump again referred to McCain'south "no" vote on the Affordable Care Human action last twelvemonth, cartoon boos from the crowd. The president fabricated the "thumbs-downwardly" gesture, simply never mentioned McCain by proper noun. In response, Meghan McCain tweeted out her cloy at the reference, noting Trump did it repeatedly and "it never stops being gross."

July eighteen, 2018: During his meeting in Helsinki with Putin, Trump over again indicated he accepted Putin's claim that Russian federation had nix to do with U.S. ballot interference in 2016. Trump besides said both countries are to blame for their difficult human relationship.

In a statement, McCain shot back, saying of Trump's comments that "no prior president has always abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant."

Aug. xiii, 2018: At the signing of the John S. McCain National Defence force Authorization Act, Trump left out whatever reference to McCain. Fellow lawmakers named the pecker later McCain in recognition of his leadership of the Senate Armed services Committee and his years of service in the Senate.

United states of america TODAY NETWORK contributed to this article.

Contact Mary Jo Pitzl at maryjo.pitzl@arizonarepublic.com and follow her on Twitter @maryjpitzl. Follow Dan Nowicki on Twitter @dannowicki.

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