WH... This should take the cake!

[BrownAssClown]

(05-30-2019, 06:27 PM)6andcounting Wrote:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/outrage-over-report-that-white-house-ordered-uss-john-mccain-out-of-trumps-sight-2019-05-29

A new report that the White House asked the U.S. Navy to keep the USS John S. McCain warship “out of sight” during President Donald Trump’s recent trip to Japan spurred shock and outrage on social media Wednesday night.

The Wall Street Journal, citing a May 15 email from the White House to military officials, reported that a directive was given that “USS John McCain needs to be out of sight” from the landing deck of the USS Wasp, where Trump delivered a speech Monday (Tuesday, local time) at Yokosuka Naval Base, south of Tokyo.
Trump had a notoriously poor relationship with the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who was a frequent and vocal critic of him. In 2016, Trump said McCain was “not a war hero” and “I like people who weren’t captured.” Since McCain’s death last year, Trump has continued to attack and insult him.
According to the Journal, a tarp was hung over the name painted on the ship, which was damaged in a 2017 collision and is still being repaired, and a barge was moved to further block the ship’s name from sight. Sailors from the USS John McCain, who typically wear caps with the ship’s name on them, were reportedly given the day off when Trump visited.
“Trump is a child who will always be deeply threatened by the greatness of my dads incredible life,” Meghan McCain, the late senator’s daughter, tweeted Wednesday night. “There is a lot of criticism of how much I speak about my dad, but nine months since he passed, Trump won’t let him RIP. So I have to stand up for him. It makes my grief unbearable.”
“If true... it sounds like one of the smallest, pettiest things I’ve heard,” CNN anchor Anderson Cooper said on air Wednesday night.
The Journal reported acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan approved the measures.

In a tweet Wednesday night, Trump denied knowing about the incident. “I was not informed about anything having to do with the Navy Ship USS John S. McCain during my recent visit to Japan,” he said.
Wednesday night, the Navy’s Chief of Information denied the ship’s name had been concealed, saying in a tweet: “The name of USS John S. McCain was not obscured during the POTUS visit to Yokosuka on Memorial Day. The Navy is proud of that ship, its crew, its namesake and its heritage.”
An undated photo that accompanied the Wall Street Journal story showed a tarp and barge blocking the ship’s stern, where its name would be.
Separately, the Washington Post reported Wednesday night that Navy personnel started covering up the ship’s name Friday, but senior Navy officials ordered it stopped Saturday, and the tarp was removed. The Post said the photo with the WSJ story was taken Friday. The Post also confirmed from a senior White House official that the president was not involved in planning, but that the request was made to keep the president from becoming upset.
CNBC reported Wednesday night that the Pentagon said Shanahan was unaware of the plans, and tweeted the email in question:


The warship was not named for the late senator, but rather for his father and grandfather, who were the first father and son duo to become U.S. Navy admirals.