The animosity between U.S. President Donald Trump and his
Republican critic-in-chief, Senator John
McCain has continued even after McCain’s death on Saturday.
The Hill reports that flags at the White House, which were
lowered at half staff on Saturday, after McCain’s death, returned to full staff on Monday, less than
48 hours after.
Several reporters who noted the symbolism change tweeted about it.
According to The Hill, President Trump had ordered the flags lowered on Saturday
evening.
Flag at full staff at Trump’s White House. Photo by Karen
Travers on Twitter
A number of reporters and commentators noted that in the
past flags remained lowered to honour lawmakers and major public figures until
their funerals.
Flags at the White
House were lowered to half staff this weekend for the passing of John McCain
but this morning they are back to full staff.
There was no official proclamation from President Trump (as
he has done in the past for other notable figures passing)
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
McCain died Saturday at age 81 following a year-long battle
with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Even after his diagnosis, he remained one of Trump’s most
outspoken Republican critics.
McCain reportedly did not want Trump to attend his funeral,
instead requesting that former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush
deliver eulogies.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump ridiculed McCain’s status as
a war hero.
Trump continued to chide the senator after his cancer
diagnosis, frequently noting at rallies and speaking engagements that McCain
voted “no” to kill a GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Trump reportedly nixed a draft
statement from the White House calling McCain a “hero” after the senator’s
death. Trump instead issued a tweet offering his sympathies to McCain’s family.
It's a pity...
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