Trump reportedly won't comment on McCain while he's still alive, and repeatedly says he should step
rump reportedly won't comment on McCain while he's still alive, and repeatedly says he should step down from his Senate seat
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mccain-comment-senate-seat-2018-8
President Donald Trump reportedly won't comment on ailing Sen. John McCain while he's still alive, according to White House officials.
The Washington Post reported after McCain's announcement he would be stopping treatment for brain cancer, administration officials were given no direction to comment.
This is the latest icy moment in the two leaders' ongoing tense relationship.
President Donald Trump's fraught relationship with Senator John McCain will continue in the face of the senator's declining health, as Trump refuses to comment on McCain while he's still alive, according to White House officials.
McCain's family announced Friday that he would stop receiving medical treatment for his brain cancer, which prompted an outpouring of support to his family from all sides of the political spectrum.
But Trump has been notably silent on McCain amid the news, and White House officials told The Washington Post that Trump does not want to comment before McCain dies.
The tension showed no signs of softening even through McCain's diagnosis of brain cancer last summer. Indeed, it has grown harsher throughout the past year, culminating in July with McCain's vehement condemnation of Trump's behavior at a Helsinki meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, which McCain called "one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory."
A former senior administration official told The Post that Trump was often upset McCain appeared as the "good guy" in the public eye while he was painted as the "bad guy." Publicly, Trump has begun ignoring McCain completely.
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