Just another day at the golf course
For President Donald Trump, it was just like any other Saturday.
As political dignitaries gathered in Washington to memorialize Sen. John McCain, Trump tweeted familiar grievances and headed to the golf course.
McCain’s family had made clear Trump was not welcome at the funeral for the sixterm senator and decorated war veteran at the Washington National Cathedral.
Seated in the pews were three former presidents, a host of lawmakers and top officials from around the world. Speakers at the service did not mention Trump by name but repeatedly drew contrasts between McCain’s record of service and the divisive politics of the day.
The White House did not answer questions about whether Trump played golf or if he watched the service from afar.
Dressed in a white polo shirt and baseball hat, Trump left the White House in the morning as the late senator’s daughter, Meghan McCain, delivered an emotional address that served as a direct rebuke of Trump and his policies. The tributes still underway, the presidential motorcade whisked him to Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.
Throughout the day, Trump tweeted gripes about trade talks with Canada and the Justice Department.
By midafternoon he had not named McCain, who had been an infuriating foil in a long-running feud that did not end with the senator’s illness and death.