Trump belatedly pays tribute to McCain and orders flag to fly at half staff

Arizona senator’s farewell message criticized president – without naming him – calling US ‘a nation of ideals, not blood and soil’

Two days after John McCain’s death and well behind the thousands of glowing tributes that poured in from around the country – and beyond – for the war hero, Donald Trump issued a statement on Monday afternoon saying he respected the late senator’s service to his country.

The belated statement came moments after McCain’s final message to the nation was made public, in which – without naming Trump directly – he delivered a searing critique of the politics of deepening division in America.

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