Flag back at full staff atop WH. Pres Trump did not issue proclamation on the death of @SenJohnMcCain, which usually calls for flags to remain at half-staff through the day of interment, which is Sunday at the @NavalAcademy. pic.twitter.com/NGasNPT0VB
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 27, 2018
You can always count on Donald Trump to do something trashy, and he never disappoints. We learn today that he spiked a White House statement acknowledging John McCain as a hero, and the White House flag is at full-staff not even 48-hours after McCain’s death.
You know Trump is seething. He can’t turn on the television without hearing accolades to McCain, and he is banned from this weekend’s funeral services for McCain. Ex-presidents will be there and two will deliver eulogies, and diplomats, and dignataries from throughout the world. But not Donald. No. Donald has been told he isn’t welcome. He sits in the Oval Office, and he still … doesn’t belong.