--- title: Trump Complains He Never Got Thank You for John McCain's Funeral description: President Donald Trump continued his recent streak of attacks on the late Sen. John McCain during a visit to an Ohio tank factory Wednesday. canonical: https://time.com/5555353/donald-trump-john-mccain-funeral/ author: Brian Bennett article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-20T20:34:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:25:48.865Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Complains He Never Got Thank You for John McCain's Funeral og:description: Trump continued his streak of bashing the late Senator and war hero og:url: https://time.com/5555353/donald-trump-john-mccain-funeral/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03f7d86bee39beee/69894700db29879bc526205e/trump-tank-factory-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: trump-tank-factory-ohio og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Complains He Never Got Thank You for John McCain's Funeral twitter:description: Trump continued his streak of bashing the late Senator and war hero twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03f7d86bee39beee/69894700db29879bc526205e/trump-tank-factory-ohio.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Complains McCain Family Never Thanked Him for Granting John McCain's Funeral Honors > Sponsored content. 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John McCain during a visit to an Ohio tank factory Wednesday._  by [Brian Bennett](https://time.com/author/brian-bennett/)  ## Brian Bennett Bennett is a former senior White House correspondent at TIME. Mar 20, 2019 8:34 PM UTC President Donald Trump continued his streak of attacks on the late Sen. John McCain during a visit to an Ohio tank factory Wednesday.  by [Brian Bennett](https://time.com/author/brian-bennett/)  ## Brian Bennett Bennett is a former senior White House correspondent at TIME. Mar 20, 2019 8:34 PM UTC President Donald Trump continued his streak of attacks on the late Sen. John McCain during a visit to an Ohio tank factory Wednesday. Speaking on a cavernous manufacturing floor with an M1 Abrams tank arranged behind him, Trump blasted McCain’s handling of veterans issues, his vote on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and his role in the investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia. He even complained about [McCain’s funeral](http://time.com/5379510/trump-mccain-funeral-history/). “I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president, I had to approve,” he said. “I don’t care about this. I didn’t get a thank you, but that’s OK.” After McCain’s death in August, Trump [waited two days](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/us/politics/flag-half-staff-mccain-trump.html) to issue a standard proclamation of praise for him and ordered the flag above the White House to be lowered to half-staff long after it had been lowered elsewhere. The crowd at the Lima Army Tank Plant at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio, made up of about 800 workers, guests and local officials, remained silent as Trump railed against McCain. Some in the crowd did boo at a mention of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Trump complained that McCain had given the FBI a copy of the so-called [Steele dossier,](http://time.com/4634238/christopher-steele-author-donald-trump-dossier-spy/) which alleged that his campaign had ties to Russia, in December of 2017. “John McCain received the fake and phony dossier. Did you hear about the dossier? It was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton, right?” he said. “And John McCain got it. He got it. And what did he do? He didn’t call me. He turned it over to the FBI hoping to put me in jeopardy.” In recent days, Trump has criticized the Vietnam War hero and former Republican presidential nominee on Twitter and in remarks to the press while meeting with the Brazilian president at the White House. After McCain’s daughter, Meghan, [fired back](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bizarre-new-low-meghan-mccain-slams-trump-attacking-father-john-n985416), Trump retweeted criticism of her as well, and McCain’s family seemed to be the target of his ire over the funeral. During the Ohio visit, Trump also argued that McCain “didn’t get the job done” advocating for veterans as a senator and criticized him for providing the crucial vote against a Republican proposal to repeal Obamacare. “John McCain campaigned for years to repeal and replace Obamacare … when he finally had the chance to do it, he voted against,” he said. ## Transcript [00:00] A lot of people are asking because they love me and they [00:03] ask me about a man named John McCain. And if you want [00:07] that to tell you about, should I or not? Yes? Yes. So [00:11] I have to be honest, I've never liked [00:15] him much. Hasn't been for me. I've really [00:21] Probably never will, but there are certain reasons for it and [00:24] I'll tell you, and I do this to save a little time with the press [00:28] later on. John McCain received the [00:33] fake and phony dossier, did you hear about the dossier? [00:37] It was paid for by Crooked Hilary Clinton, right? [00:43] And John McCain got it, he got it. And what did he do? He [00:47] didn't call me. He turned it over to the FBI hoping to put [00:51] me in jeopardy, and that's not the nicest thing to do. You [00:55] know when those people say, cuz I'm a very loyal person. I [00:58] endorsed him at his request And I gave him the kind of [01:02] funeral that he wanted, which as President I had to [01:05] approve. I don't care about this, I didn't get thank you, that's [01:10] okay. We sent him on the way, but I wasn't a fan of John [01:13] McCain. So now what we could say is now we're all set. [01:18] I don't think I have to answer that question, but the press [01:20] keeps, what do you think of McCain? What do you think? 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