Three years ago, Donald Trump mocked John McCain for losing the 2008 presidential election. “I don't like losers,” said Trump. When an interviewer pointed out that McCain was a war hero, Trump shot back: “He's a ‘war hero' because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured.”
To Trump, that's the story of McCain's life: McCain was a loser. He lost the war in Vietnam. He was captured and humiliated. He lost five years of his life. He lost the ability to raise his arms. He lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush. He lost in 2008 to Barack Obama. McCain never got to gloat, as Trump did against his critics on Thursday, that “I'm president, and they're not.”
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