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

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

Ben Blanchet

Thu, April 27, 2023 at 12:18 a.m. MST

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.

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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Trump mocked John McCain and complained that he had the 'world's longest funeral': 'Much like his wars, it never ended'

Cheryl Teh

Thu, April 27, 2023 at 3:53 a.m. MST

Donald Trump and John McCain.Darren Hauck/Getty Images; Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

• Donald Trump again mocked John McCain in his new book, per an excerpt the New York Post published.

• Trump said McCain had "the world's longest funeral" back in 2018.

• "Much like his wars, it never ended," Trump wrote, per the New York Post's published excerpt.

In his new book, "Letters to Trump," President Donald Trump mocked the late Sen. John McCain and said the late senator got the "world's longest funeral."

The New York Post published a paragraph from "Letters to Trump" on Wednesday. The book is selling for $399 for a signed copy, and $99 for a regular version.

Trump claimed that he, as president, granted McCain "the world's longest funeral," erroneously claiming that the mourning lasted 11 days, per The New York Post's published excerpt.

"Much like his wars, it never ended," Trump wrote, according to the excerpt.

Trump's claim that he gave permission for McCain's funeral also does not hold water.

The venue, Washington National Cathedral, shot down that claim he had a role, per a CBS report, clarifying that only state funerals for former presidents need government approval. Trump did approve a military flight to transfer his remains from Arizona to DC, the BBC reported.

"I never warmed to him," Trump added in the book, writing that he "never felt good about anybody having anything to do with John McCain and never will."

Following his death from brain cancer in August 2018, McCain was honored in a series of ceremonies held over five days. He lay in state at both the Arizona Capitol building and the US Capitol before his burial at the US Naval Academy Cemetery.

Trump, who was president at the time, was not invited to McCain's memorial events. Instead, two former presidents — Barack Obama and George W. Bush — gave eulogies to McCain.

Trump's comments in his book are the latest in his numerous statements disparaging McCain and members of his family.

In 2015, when Trump was running for president, he claimed McCain was not a war hero.

"He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured," Trump said in 2015.

This comment from Trump disparaged McCain's past as a prisoner of war. McCain's fighter plane was shot down over Hanoi during the Vietnam War. He survived torture and imprisonment in Vietnam before his release in 1973.

While he was president, Trump also re-tweeted news articles that called McCain a "loser."

Trump has also slammed McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain.

In 2021, he labeled Meghan McCain a "bully" and a "lowlife." This was after she called Trump's daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner "funeral crashers" for showing up at John McCain's memorial service.

"They should never have come, they had no business being there, I remember seeing them and seeing her specifically," Meghan McCain said of Ivanka Trump and Kushner in 2021. "They had no goddamn business being there and it's something that still angers me, clearly."

Representatives for Trump and the McCain Institute did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

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