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White House Wanted USS John McCain ‘Out of Sight’ During Trump Japan Visit

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The White House wanted the U.S. Navy to move “out of sight” a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain, a war hero who became a frequent target of President Trump’s ire, ahead of the president’s visit to Japan last week, according to an email reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

In a May 15 email to U.S. Navy and Air Force officials, a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command official outlined plans for the president’s arrival that he said had resulted from conversations between the White House Military Office and the Seventh Fleet of the U.S. Navy. In addition to instructions for the proper landing areas for helicopters and preparation for the USS Wasp—where the president was scheduled to speak—the official issued a third directive: “USS John McCain needs to be out of sight.”

“Please confirm #3 will be satisfied,” the official wrote.


When a Navy commander expressed surprise about the directive for the USS John S. McCain, the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command official replied: “First I heard of it as well.” He said he would work with the White House Military Office to obtain more information about the order.

Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan was aware of the concern about the presence of the USS John McCain in Japan and approved measures to ensure it didn’t interfere with the president’s visit, a U.S. official said.

There were discussions within the U.S. military over the past week about how to handle the warship, another U.S. official said. The ship is being repaired after a 2017 collision, and any ship undergoing such repair or maintenance would be difficult to move, officials said. A tarp was hung over the ship’s name ahead of the president’s trip, according to photos reviewed by the Journal, and sailors were directed to remove any coverings from the ship that bore its name. After the tarp was taken down, a barge was moved closer to the ship, obscuring its name. Sailors on the ship, who typically wear caps bearing its name, were given the day off during Mr. Trump’s visit, people familiar with the matter said.

Mr. Trump arrived in Japan on Saturday and on Tuesday—though still Monday in the U.S.—delivered Memorial Day remarks to troops aboard the USS Wasp, which is stationed along with the USS John McCain at Yokosuka Naval Base, south of Tokyo. Speaking to around 800 military men and women—some of whom wore “Make Aircrew Great Again” patches with a likeness of the president on their jumpsuits—Mr. Trump said he was joined by sailors from six other ships. He made no mention of the USS John McCain.

Before visiting the USS Wasp, Mr. Trump visited the helicopter carrier JS Kaga, from which the USS John McCain would have been visible.

The White House declined to answer questions about the reason for the directive or where it originated. The White House Military Office provides support for presidential travel, among other matters.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly attacked Mr. McCain, both before and since the Arizonan died in August from a brain tumor at 81 years old. In the first years of the Trump administration, Mr. McCain was one of the few Republican senators willing to publicly challenge the president, including casting a critical vote in 2017 that blocked the GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That vote—which Mr. McCain signaled with a thumbs-down gesture—was a source of immense aggravation for the president, who has often mimicked the hand motion and who called the vote “disgraceful” in April.

In March, Mr. Trump complained that he hadn’t been thanked for giving Mr. McCain “the kind of funeral that he wanted.” Speaking to workers at an Ohio factory, he said, “I didn’t get a thank you. That’s OK.” He also belittled Mr. McCain’s academic performance in college and criticized the late senator for turning over a dossier of unverified allegations about Mr. Trump’s connections to Russia to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.



During the 2016 campaign, Mr. Trump disparaged Mr. McCain’s military service in Vietnam, saying he was “not a war hero” and that “I like people who weren’t captured.”

Mr. McCain was a prisoner of war for 5½ years in North Vietnam, where he endured beatings and solitary confinement, while refusing to accept North Vietnamese offers of early release on the grounds that it would undermine the morale of others who lacked Mr. McCain’s connections. Mr. McCain was the son and grandson of admirals, and his father had been promoted to the position of commander of all U.S. forces in the Pacific theater.


In July 2018, a month before Mr. McCain’s death, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer formally added Mr. McCain as a namesake of the USS John McCain, which had been named for his father and grandfather after it launched in 1994. Mr. McCain said at the time that he was “deeply honored.”

The USS John McCain collided with a merchant vessel in August 2017, killing 10 sailors and tearing a hole in the left rear side of the destroyer. Mr. Trump, asked about the collision at the time, told reporters: “That’s too bad.” He later tweeted that his thoughts and prayers were with the sailors aboard the ship.

A tarp obscures the name of the USS John S. McCain ahead of President Trump's visit to Japan.
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That's just really sad. Unimaginable snowflake.
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You know in his heart Trump wants a ship named after him. Ill bet he has wet dreams about it
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Petty little conspirator, isn't he.
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Stapes wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 1:21 am You know in his heart Trump wants a ship named after him. Ill bet he has wet dreams about it
That ship is named after 3 John McCain's Senator McCain's Grandfather was World War II veteran, a four star admiral and a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations.

Senator McCain's Father was World War II veteran, a four star admiral, commanded submarines in several theaters of operation was responsible for sinking several Japanese ships, commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater from 1968 to 1972
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I feel like going to DC and marching back and forth in front of the White House with a giant McCain poster.
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Trump's problem is he never had the shit kicked out of him as a kid. What a goddamn little pussy.
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The cowardly cunt we call “President” is terrified of even seeing the name of someone who was capable of this level of courage. Cadet Bone Spurs reports
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15 or more new threads a week about why Trump should be hated. Can't you just lump the stupid comments into one thread?
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Charliesheen wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 2:18 pm 15 or more new threads a week about why Trump should be hated. Can't you just lump the stupid comments into one thread?
You don't think your president and CIC ordering the movement a billion dollars worth of warship with a crew of hundreds purely out of petulance is worth a thread? Try imagining if Obama did it.
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AnalHamster wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 3:57 pm
Charliesheen wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 2:18 pm 15 or more new threads a week about why Trump should be hated. Can't you just lump the stupid comments into one thread?
You don't think your president and CIC ordering the movement a billion dollars worth of warship with a crew of hundreds purely out of petulance is worth a thread? Try imagining if Obama did it.
Trump said he didn't order it.
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Antknot wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 6:38 pm
AnalHamster wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 3:57 pm
Charliesheen wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 2:18 pm 15 or more new threads a week about why Trump should be hated. Can't you just lump the stupid comments into one thread?
You don't think your president and CIC ordering the movement a billion dollars worth of warship with a crew of hundreds purely out of petulance is worth a thread? Try imagining if Obama did it.
Trump said he didn't order it.

As much of a liar he is I would say the order probably came from an underling who knows the boss. I doubt Trump even knew the McCain was anchored there.
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Trump likes ships that don't collide with tankers.
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Burn1dwn wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 7:53 pm Trump likes ships that don't collide with tankers.
Then Trump should like The USS John S. McCain, She collided with a container ship.
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Antknot wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 6:38 pm
AnalHamster wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 3:57 pm
Charliesheen wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 2:18 pm 15 or more new threads a week about why Trump should be hated. Can't you just lump the stupid comments into one thread?
You don't think your president and CIC ordering the movement a billion dollars worth of warship with a crew of hundreds purely out of petulance is worth a thread? Try imagining if Obama did it.
Trump said he didn't order it.
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Putin said Russia did not interfere with the election and I believe him
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AnalHamster wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 10:15 pm
Antknot wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 6:38 pm
AnalHamster wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 3:57 pm
Charliesheen wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 2:18 pm 15 or more new threads a week about why Trump should be hated. Can't you just lump the stupid comments into one thread?
You don't think your president and CIC ordering the movement a billion dollars worth of warship with a crew of hundreds purely out of petulance is worth a thread? Try imagining if Obama did it.
Trump said he didn't order it.
Trump lies to you literally a dozen times every day.
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