Whether the Dotard-in-Chief ordered that that be done or his staff did so without his knowledge, to me, is irrelevant. What IS relevant is that we apparently have someone living in the W.H. who is SO sensitive that he can’t even bear to see the name of someone whom he thought was a “total loser” on the side of a U.S. ship. What’s this about us non-Trumptards being “snowflakes” simply because we can’t cope with a person of such low character and intelligence being in the W.H., hm?
I’m no fan of McCain, but I will never agree that he “was every bit as deplorable as Trump.” He had moments of decency. Trump never has.
I agree with this 100%.
Trump manages to work his hatred of McCain into a tweet that supposedly honors former Senator Thad Cochran
This just shows you what an incompetent landlord Trump is, he’s letting a dead man live in his head rent-free.
Name the Official White House snowdome after him.
A four year old child could handle this situation in a more adult manner than Trump.
See, spoiled brat. They probably didn’t even torture him all that much.
Well, yeah. McCain was white! Still a slum in that property by any measure.
Others have pointed it out already, but I’ll reiterate that that the evidence so far is that this was ordered/requested by White House Military Office staff, not Trump himself. Yes, we’re dealing with bunch of big fat liars, so who knows for sure. White House Wanted USS John McCain ‘Out of Sight’ During Trump Japan Visit - WSJ?
(That WSJ article cites conflicting reports about acting DS Shanahan’s involvement.)
The reasonable inference is that they thought he’d do/say something stupid if he were surprised by seeing the ship’s name… Kevin Drum: For the Record: Here’s the Email Telling the Navy to Hide the USS John McCain – Mother Jones
Robert Farley: McCain Not Revisited – Lawyers, Guns & Money
That’s actually worse; it confirms that the upper echelons of government know what a man-baby he is and lack the nerve to come up with any response but to indulge him.
Either way, we loose. The fact that Trump described whoever instigated the action as “well meaning” speaks volumes about him.
At this point, the limbo bar is down so low a quark couldn’t squeeze under it.
As well, I can think his name would make a fine euphemism for toilet. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to use the Trump.
Trump already means ‘fart’ in British slang.
“Dr. Seuss” it some:
And don’t forget Newt’s coinage “President Trumpo”…the sixth Marx Brother that Minnie wished she’d aborted.
Kinky Friedman (yes, the Kinky Friedman who performs with The Texas Jewboys and who ran as a write-in candidate a few years ago for Texas Governor [campaign slogan: “How hard can it be?”]) wrote a series of mystery novels. The main character, who was named Kinky Friedman, used the word Nixon to mean shit, as in “The cat took a Nixon in my shoe.”
Tears of laughter just ran down my leg.
Only a moron would think that having a ship named after the McCains in the background would make Trump look bad. It would only be bad if Trump would react badly.