President Trump says he's 'not even sure' his advance team requested that the USS John McCain be kept out of sight during his recent visit to Japan — a request the military has confirmed it received from the White House.
President Donald Trump said he's"not even sure" his advance team requested that the USS John McCain be kept out of sight during his recent visit to Japan — a request the military has confirmed it received from the White House.with British media personality Piers Morgan, which aired Wednesday, Trump said he"knew nothing about" the request and doubted if it happened at all.
"Here's the thing, I'm not even sure it happened — first of all, I didn't know anything about it," Trump said."But I'm not even sure it happened. Somebody said they're painting the ship and they have the tarpaulins and they're painting the ship. And they have tarpaulins all over the place. I have no idea if it happened, or not. I hear it's fake news. But maybe it is, maybe it isn't.
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