U.S. President Donald Trump nixed issuing a statement that praised the heroism and life of Sen. John McCain, telling senior aides he preferred to issue a tweet before posting one Saturday night that did not include any kind words for McCain, The Washington Post reports.
According to the report, Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Chief of Staff John F. Kelly and other White House aides advocated for an official statement that gave McCain plaudits for his military and Senate service and called him a “hero”. Trump, however, told aides he wanted to post a brief tweet instead, and the statement praising McCain’s life was not released.