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Originally Posted by Hugh
I think the challenge was the lack of a formal statement about the Senator (rather than just a tweet offering sympathy to his family) followed by the flag issue (and bearing in mind the abrasive relationship the two had) appeared to follow a pattern of pettiness.
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Trump wasn't going to score any points no matter what he did. The animosity between him and McCain is well known and the animosity between him and the press is epic.
If Trump had gone any farther in his tweet he'd have been branded insincere. My personal take is that in doing "just enough" he probably minimized the fallout he was going to get anyway. The McCain stuff is getting a LOT more attention than it otherwise would have primarily because it gives people who dislike Trump something else to hammer him with. I'm not even much of a Trump fan (though I've been pleasantly surprised at the direction he's gone) but I really am getting sick and tired of the constant badgering and conspiracy theories they push his way. It really is unfair and, from my perspective, reflects poorly on Americans as a whole.