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John McCain took an indirect shot at Trump for his famous deferment during the Vietnam War

by SOFREP News Team

  • Sen. John McCain seemed to call out Trump for his medical deferment from the Vietnam War.
  • The senator criticized wealthy Americans who “found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur” — the exact diagnosis Trump received in 1968.
  • Trump famously dismissed McCain’s military service in 2015, saying “I like people who weren’t captured.”

 

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  • Sen. John McCain seemed to call out Trump for his medical deferment from the Vietnam War.
  • The senator criticized wealthy Americans who “found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur” — the exact diagnosis Trump received in 1968.
  • Trump famously dismissed McCain’s military service in 2015, saying “I like people who weren’t captured.”

 

Read the whole story from Business Insider.

Featured image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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The SOFREP News Team is a collective of professional military journalists. Brandon Tyler Webb is the SOFREP News Team's Editor-in-Chief. Guy D. McCardle is the SOFREP News Team's Managing Editor. Brandon and Guy both manage the SOFREP News Team.

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