Trump attacks McCain, again, saying he ‘didn’t get a thank you’ for approving the senator’s funeral

President Donald Trump continued Wednesday to attack the late Sen. John McCain, even as a growing number of Republican senators rose to McCain’s defense, calling him a war hero and a patriot – although most were careful not to criticize the president directly.

During a White House event at a manufacturing facility in Lima, Ohio, on Wednesday, Trump lashed out at McCain, saying, “I endorsed him at his request, and I gave him the kind of funeral he wanted, which as president I had to approve.”

“I don’t care about this,” Trump continued. “I didn’t get a thank-you. That’s OK. We sent him on the way. But I wasn’t a fan of John McCain.”

Presidents don’t “approve” the funerals of members of Congress. To lie in state, one needs the approval of Congress. The funeral would have been approved by the Washington National Cathedral. Trump did approve the military transportation of McCain’s remains from Arizona to Washington, military pallbearers, a band and military horses.