[Tom4784]

The White House asked the Navy to hide a destroyer named after Senator John McCain in order to avoid having the ship appear in photographs taken while President Trump was visiting Japan this week, White House and military officials said Wednesday.

Although Navy officials insisted they did not hide the ship, the John S. McCain, they did give all of the sailors aboard the day off on Tuesday as Mr. Trump visited Yokosuka Naval Base.

Two Navy sailors, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said that the McCain sailors were not invited to hear Mr. Trump speak that day aboard the amphibious assault ship Wasp, while sailors from other American warships at the base were.

A Navy service member based on Yokosuka said that all of the American warships in the harbor were invited to send 60 to 70 sailors to hear Mr. Trump’s address, with the exception of the McCain. When several sailors from the McCain showed up anyway, wearing their uniforms with the ship’s insignia, they were turned away, the service member said.

White House aides, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to speak publicly, confirmed the request was made but said that Mr. Trump did not know about it. A United States official said on Wednesday that the White House sent an email to the Navy with the request on May 15.

But the president denied on Twitter on Wednesday night having any involvement: “I was not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain during my recent visit to Japan.”

Mr. McCain, of Arizona, who died last year from brain cancer, was derided repeatedly during his life by Mr. Trump, who once disparaged Mr. McCain’s service because he had been held as a war prisoner in Vietnam, saying, “I like people who weren’t captured.”

The president’s animosity toward the senator did not subside with his death.

Navy officials approached last week by The New York Times about plans for the McCain during Mr. Trump’s visit declined to comment. But one official said on Thursday that sailors aboard the destroyer were told to hide signs that identified that warship during Mr. Trump’s visit.

The White House request to hide the name of Mr. Trump’s rival, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, is the second episode to engulf the Navy in Mr. Trump’s single visit to the Wasp.

At least a few service members wore round patches emblazoned with a likeness of Mr. Trump and the words “Make Aircrew Great Again” — a play on the president’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” — on their flight suits while listening to their commander in chief speak.

Images of the patches promptly went viral. “They’re inappropriate & against regulation,” tweeted Mark Hertling, a retired three-star Army general.

Just days later, the Navy was embroiled in the McCain news. “All ships remained in normal configuration during the president’s visit,” said Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a Navy spokesman.

The acting defense secretary, Patrick Shanahan, denied knowledge of the White House request. “When I read about it this morning, it was the first I’ve heard about it,” he told reporters on Thursday during an appearance with his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta. Asked if he planned to order an investigation into the matter, he said, “I want to find out a little bit more.”

The Wasp, an amphibious assault ship that hosts the new F-35B Lightning fighter jets, had actually been in Sasebo, Japan, and was moved to Yokosuka in time for the president’s visit.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/u...navy-ship.html

Imagine being such a fragile little bitch that you have to get the people around you to hide the name of a ship because it's named after a dead person that criticised you.

[Liam-]

Well that’s rather snowflakey of him

[Tom4784]

He obviously needs a safe space to protect him from the mean dead man that dared to criticise him.

[Matthew.]

Good god what is wrong with him

[Kate!]

He is a total plank

[Livia]

I'm not sure who's the saddest, Trump himself, or the people who are enabling his madness.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Revenge is a dish best served cold

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Revenge is a dish best served cold

How about that time when he took revenge on his nephew by cancelling health care for his sick baby? Good ol' Donald, willing to risk a baby's life for petty revenge.

Cheer him for his willingness to use a baby's life as a means of revenge.

[Crimson Dynamo]

This thread is about a ship if you want to make a thread about a jealous and money grabbing rogue family member please do so

[Ammi]

...’revenge’ over a man who died of brain cancer...who in his life was a war veteran and who had been captured in Vietnam, held and tortured ..and Trump said about him ‘I prefer people who don’t get captured’...yeah that mindset and that ‘revenge’ is to be applauded...clap/clap GO Donald...

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

This thread is about a ship if you want to make a thread about a jealous and money grabbing rogue family member please do so

This is my thread, and you opened the gates to the idea that this was revenge so I brought up another instance of Trump taking revenge thus it's relevant.

Let's talk about your response shall we? I notice you danced around the fact that Trump willingly put a child's life in danger as revenge against their father but call that father, Trump's nephew a 'money grabbing rogue family member'. Does this mean you support Trump's decision to endanger a child in an act of petty revenge? Do make your position clear on this.

[Crimson Dynamo]

When you work so hard, are so successful you become the president of the USA

You call the shots

Donald called one and people act

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

When you work so hard, are so successful you become the president of the USA

You call the shots

Donald called one and people act

So you're supporting his act of revenge against a sick baby?

[Crimson Dynamo]

And brilliant he is in Japan, mending bridges and helping trade

I wish we had a leader who was so proactive for trade

[Crimson Dynamo]

Trump was the first foreign leader to meet the new Emperor Naruhito, dining and playing golf with Abe and visiting a Japanese helicopter carrier that is being converted so it can handle F-35B short-takeoff-and-landing jet fighters that Lockheed Martin hopes to sell.

I read this on the internet.

Its a move with an eye on re-election

[Livia]

Yeah, any old billionaire's son can become the president.

John McCain was a war hero. You can't buy that.

[Liam-]

Not only is this an extremely petty and disrespectful move on his part, it also means we’re gonna get Meghan banging on about this for a while

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yeah, any old billionaire's son can become the president.

John McCain was a war hero. You can't buy that.

....

[Ammi]

...when it comes to admiration and respect...it’s good to select well...Trump thus far is undeserving...

[arista]

Yes Dezzy
he never Like John
and John Hated him.

But War Hero John
is Gone now

I watched the Live Feed
before he got on Air Force One.

[arista]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

And brilliant he is in Japan, mending bridges and helping trade

I wish we had a leader who was so proactive for trade

Yes he was in Japan
now back in USA.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes he was in Japan
now back in USA.

Good for the arms trade, new contracts

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

And brilliant he is in Japan, mending bridges and helping trade

I wish we had a leader who was so proactive for trade

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Trump was the first foreign leader to meet the new Emperor Naruhito, dining and playing golf with Abe and visiting a Japanese helicopter carrier that is being converted so it can handle F-35B short-takeoff-and-landing jet fighters that Lockheed Martin hopes to sell.

I read this on the internet.

Its a move with an eye on re-election

So you're choosing to ignore the fact he risked his nephew's child's health out of revenge AND that he is still triggered af by someone that criticised him that he has to have McCain's name hidden from view a year after his death?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Family spats are personal and its not a good idea to get involved or react to tittle tattle with very little context - that is advice i would give to everyone

[arista]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Good for the arms trade, new contracts

Good news for the USA Factory's.