McCain and Trump Clash over Yemen
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Trump publicly attacks McCain for disputing 'success' of deadly Yemen raid
President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Republican Sen. John McCain, who has disputed the Trump administration's insistence that the deadly U.S. military mission in Yemen was "absolutely a success."
From the Left
Donald Trump escalates John McCain feud: The “loser . . . doesn’t know how to win anymore”
There is no love lost between Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and President Donald Trump. The senator’s comments on the Trump administration’s failed raid in Yemen aren’t likely to change that.
“When you lose a $75 million airplane and, more importantly, American lives are lost and wounded, I don’t believe that you can call it a success,” McCain told a reporter on Wednesday.
From the Right
Donald Trump: John McCain ‘should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission’
President Trump on Thursday said Sen. John McCain “should not be talking about” what constitutes the success or failure of a military mission and that Mr. McCain “doesn’t know how to win anymore” after the Arizona Republican said it would be wrong to call a recent mission in Yemen a success.
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