{"id":32095,"date":"2018-08-27T20:39:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/27\/after-pressure-trump-orders-flags-lowered-to-honor-john-mccain\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:00:37","slug":"after-pressure-trump-orders-flags-lowered-to-honor-john-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2018\/08\/27\/after-pressure-trump-orders-flags-lowered-to-honor-john-mccain\/","title":{"rendered":"After pressure, Trump orders flags lowered to honor John McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 After a daylong controversy, President Donald Trump ordered all flags at military bases and federal buildings to be flown at half-staff in honor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/08\/26\/political-leaders-react-to-john-mccains-death\/\" target=_blank>Navy veteran and Arizona Sen. John McCain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam and one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/08\/27\/how-mccain-as-pentagons-watchdog-and-friend-left-his-mark-on-the-military\/\" target=_blank>the Republican Party\u2019s most influential defense policy voices<\/a>, died Saturday, Aug. 25 of brain cancer. Since Saturday night, political leaders from around the globe have issued statements lauding his lifetime of public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flags at federal facilities were lowered in his honor on Saturday, a traditional custom for significant public figures. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/08\/27\/veterans-group-furious-with-white-house-over-disrespect-following-john-mccains-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">those flags were raised to full height again Monday morning<\/a>, after a period several veterans groups complained was too short. Flags on Capitol Hill remained lowered the entire day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leadership from AMVETS, the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars \u2015 among other groups \u2015 petitioned Trump to reverse his decision and lower the flags again. On Monday afternoon, he relented.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/08\/26\/john-mccain-war-hero-political-giant-dies-at-81\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_17293442564560.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">John McCain \u2014 war hero, political giant \u2014 dies at 81<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">John McCain, the onetime Navy pilot and longtime lawmaker, was among the best known veterans in America, and has arguably been the most influential and consistent military advocate for the Republican Party over the last three decades.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain\u2019s service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of his interment,\u201d Trump said in his first formal remarks since McCain\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president did take to Twitter shortly after news broke of McCain\u2019s passing to express \u201cmy deepest sympathies and respect (for) the family of Senator John McCain,\u201d but critics had lamented the lack of an official statement honoring the war hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also said he has authorized military transport for McCain from Arizona to Washington, where McCain will lie in state in the Capitol building, and a horse and caisson transport during his interment service at the United States Naval Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/08\/27\/read-sen-john-mccains-farewell-statement\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1024245792.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Read Sen. John McCain\u2019s farewell statement<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Rick Davis, Sen. John McCain\u2019s former presidential campaign manager and a family spokesman, read the following farewell statement from McCain on Monday at a press conference at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President Mike Pence will offer remarks at the Capitol ceremony. Chief of Staff John Kelly, Defense Secretary James Mattis and national security adviser John Bolton will represent the administration at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/08\/27\/for-mccain-a-cross-country-farewell-from-public-and-us-naval-academy-burial\/\" target=_blank>the funeral services<\/a>. News reports said McCain asked that Trump not attend his funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCain and Trump sparred frequently and openly in recent years, beginning when Trump during his election campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2015\/07\/20\/mccain-trump-owes-apology-to-veterans-not-to-him\/\" target=_blank>mocked the Vietnam War veteran\u2019s status<\/a> as a war hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe&#8217;s a war hero because he was captured,\u201d Trump said in July 2015. \u201cI like people that weren&#8217;t captured.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump did not apologize for those comments, even after numerous veterans groups called them insensitive and offensive. Since then, McCain was a vocal critic of Trump\u2019s national security policies, including his handling of relations with Russia, and his penchant for controversial statements on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new flag order \u2014 \u201ca mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of McCain \u2014 mandates the flag be flown at half-staff at the White House, all federal buildings, military posts, naval stations and foreign U.S. embassies until Sunday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just a few hours before the proclamation, McCain\u2019s family released a statement written by the ailing senator before his death. The farewell address thanked his family members for their support and America for allowing him to serve in public office and the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals, rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are three-hundred-and-twenty-five million opinionated, vociferous individuals. We argue and compete and sometimes even vilify each other in our raucous public debates. But we have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before. We always do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"624\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_081026016188.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_081026016188.jpg.jpg 936w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_081026016188.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_081026016188.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets supporters as he enters a campaign rally at the University of Northern Iowa on Oct. 26, 2008. McCain died Aug. 24 of brain cancer. 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