USS John McCain debacle reveals Donald Trump is even more of a fragile loser than we thought
Donald Trump’s jealous resentment toward the late Senator John McCain – a war hero who was largely respected on both sides of the aisle – has long been the stuff of infamy. McCain had no love for Trump either, going so far as to invite President Obama and President George W. Bush to his funeral, while making clear he didn’t want Trump there. But a new incident involving the USS John McCain marks a whole new low for Trump.
In a story that sounds like something out of the Onion, but is instead coming from the Wall Street Journal, it turns out the Trump White House had to hide the USS John McCain naval ship from Donald Trump while he was in Asia – for fear it would mess with Trump’s head. Trump’s handlers hung a tarp over the ship’s name, and gave the ship’s sailors the day off because their uniforms had the “McCain” name visible.
This whole thing is extraordinarily offensive. Whatever you think of John McCain as a politician, the fact is that he’s a war hero who spent years in a physically abusive prisoner of war camp, while Trump was busy faking bone spurs in order to dodge the draft. The notion that Trump can’t even look at McCain’s name without freaking out – let alone on a ship that was originally named for McCain’s father and grandfather, not for McCain himself – is just unpatriotic.
Further, this incident is a microcosm for every argument as to why Donald Trump should be removed from office. If he is indeed as emotionally fragile as his own handlers clearly think he is, then this incident alone is grounds for impeachment, the 25th Amendment, and some kind of professional psychological counseling. Trump just tweeted “I was not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain during my recent visit to Japan.” Well, yeah, that’s because he’s so far gone, his handlers had to do it behind his back.
