After McCain Debacle, Shanahan Dispatched Aide To WH To Deliver Warning

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan gestures while speakings to members of the media aboard a military plane prior to his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Shanahan spoke about the US-Mexico border after visiting the El Paso, Texas area. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, pool)
IN AIR - FEBRUARY 23: Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan gestures while speakings to members of the media aboard a military plane prior to his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland February 23, 2019. ... IN AIR - FEBRUARY 23: Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan gestures while speakings to members of the media aboard a military plane prior to his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland February 23, 2019. Shanahan spoke about the US-Mexico border after visiting the El Paso, Texas area. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais - Pool /Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan dispatched his chief of staff on Friday to warn the White House to stop politicizing the military, according to a Monday Associated Press report. 

The message follows an incident where someone at the White House — President Donald Trump claims ignorance — asked for a warship named for McCain and his family to be hidden from view during Trump’s trip to Japan.

Shanahan also reportedly talked to Cindy McCain, the late senator’s wife, over the weekend.

Trump has seemed less perturbed by the incident, gleefully unloading his dislike of the senator’s memory.

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  1. Shanahan’s spokesman needs to take a package of Depends with him.

  2. To his credit if true.

  3. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan dispatched his chief of staff on Friday to warn the White House to stop politicizing the military…

    What a bunch of bullshit. I cry shenanigans. Shanahan's COS made a big show of leaving the office, went around the block and bought donuts, then the DoD press flack put this out. No one was warned about anything.
  4. Acting Defense Secretary Chief of Staff Meets Acting White House Chief of Staff

  5. Except: why didn’t he just frigging go himself???

    What a bunch of slimy cowards.

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