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(39,730 posts) Tue Aug 28, 2018, 07:39 AM Aug 2018

Trump Resisted Lowering Flag Because He Thought McCain Coverage Was Excessive [View all]

Source: TPM

While he eventually agreed to lower the White House flag in honor of Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) passing — after receiving criticism from veterans — President Donald Trump was resistant to the gesture because he thought McCain’s death was getting too much news coverage.

According to people familiar with the situation who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, Trump thought the reporting on McCain’s passing, just one day after his family announced he would stop seeking medical treatment for his brain cancer, was “over-the-top and more befitting a president,” in WSJ’s words.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders reportedly played a leading role in convincing the President to agree to lower the flags again and issue a proclamation on McCain’s death.

“It was 99 percent Sarah,” and partially Chief of Staff John Kelly’s influence that got Trump to change his mind, a senior White House official told WSJ.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-thought-mccain-coverage-excessive

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Trump Resisted Lowering Flag Because He Thought McCain Coverage Was Excessive [View all] demmiblue Aug 2018 OP

Trump wants to dictate media coverage bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #1

and, on most days, he does dictate NewJeffCT Aug 2018 #33

It's not his flag and it's not his house! ginnyinWI Aug 2018 #39

without Trump very little posts Angry Dragon Aug 2018 #2

Talk about over exposure. I counted 3 seconds yesterday Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #3

I think you mean February 2007. AwakeAtLast Aug 2018 #52

What a stupid think to think/say C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #4

IT was about himself--his ego. He is worried that his passing, when it happens will not riversedge Aug 2018 #31

He SHOULD be worried because he won't be mourned nearly as much as John McCain is being mourned now. Towlie Aug 2018 #42

Gawd.....that fucker isn't human Bengus81 Aug 2018 #5

Oh, I'd rather he live as long as possible PatSeg Aug 2018 #20

I've decided she can't leave. He could threaten to deport her without her son. rainin Aug 2018 #35

I think back to my years of juggling the checkbook to pay the rent spiderpig Aug 2018 #47

He certainly did think it was excessive Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #6

Wow. Where did you find that comic? So apropos. Snellius Aug 2018 #8

I was looking at a bunch of Kliban cat cartoons and Google inserted it into the flow. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #9

It looks like it was written for the news. Even the face and hair. An oracle? Snellius Aug 2018 #13

Here's page it came from Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #16

Judge Dredd and company predicted Trump Snellius Aug 2018 #19

Wow and just WOW! How incredibly same. Mad-in-Mo Aug 2018 #38

... Anon-C Aug 2018 #51

Any praise for anyone but himself he considers an insult to him. Snellius Aug 2018 #7

He was Tweeting at 5:24 this morning PatSeg Aug 2018 #21

Still maintain he's a tweaker. Can go on wired for days without sleep. Snellius Aug 2018 #24

He definitely looks like a tweaker PatSeg Aug 2018 #27

Actually most tweakers don't look like tweakers. Not like the walking dead stereotype. Snellius Aug 2018 #29

That certainly sounds like Trump PatSeg Aug 2018 #30

All that coke washed down with Coke nt smb Aug 2018 #41

Jealous of a dead man getting attention, spiteful Trump raised the flag. herding cats Aug 2018 #10

+1000 sinkingfeeling Aug 2018 #32

The word Trump and the word thought in the same sentence ... Yonnie3 Aug 2018 #11

lol, when its not about trump of course he is going to pull a tantrum beachbum bob Aug 2018 #12

And when he says "more befitting a president" he means "more befitting Donald Trump". tanyev Aug 2018 #14

Exactly PatSeg Aug 2018 #25

I hope in the near future 90-percent Aug 2018 #46

That is the best they can come up with after 4 days? What horse shit rurallib Aug 2018 #15

This is the kind of thinking you'd see where Gramps suddenly decides... Girard442 Aug 2018 #17

trump is a one man band safeinOhio Aug 2018 #18

Whatever causes blood vessels to burst in his brain... yallerdawg Aug 2018 #22

Since when has cheetolini started being sensitive to the "dignity" of the office of POTUS? ... marble falls Aug 2018 #23

Leading to the delicious spectacle...... Paladin Aug 2018 #26

He hated McCain duforsure Aug 2018 #28

Yeah, that Purple Heart he was given doesn't cut the mustard, pazzyanne Aug 2018 #40

McCain's Ordeal Reminds People Of Cadet Bone Spurs' Cowardice nt smb Aug 2018 #43

Kelly makes me embarrassed to admit I was a Marine. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2018 #34

So Sarah's the brightest bulb in the chandelier? Scary! Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2018 #36

Awwww, the spotlight wasn't on widdle twumpy AllyCat Aug 2018 #37

Trump thoght coverage was "over-the-top and more befitting a president." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2018 #44

Any sane person would have been relieved to have the sunday talking heads redirected jcgoldie Aug 2018 #45

Why not develop a "conservative" search tool? brooklynite Aug 2018 #48

trump need not worry about excessive action from me when he passes. Paladin Aug 2018 #49

Jealous of a dead man. kskiska Aug 2018 #50

Shabby! So petty. Cheap. He embarrasses us all. n/t Judi Lynn Aug 2018 #53