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While manymembers from across the aisleexpressed their well wishes toJohn McCain,Donald Trumpcontinues to remain silent.
Instead, the president gave shout outs toKim KardashianandKanye Westat a fundraising dinner for the Ohio Republican Party in Columbus Friday evening, hours after McCain’s family announced he willno longer be seeking medical treatmentforstage-four brain cancer.
“Kanye West has some real power! And he’s got a good wife too in Kim, I’ll tell ya. She really is. She did a great thing, a great thing,” he continued, referencing how hepardoned Alice Marie Johnsonfollowing theKeeping Up with the Kardashiansreality star’s months-long campaign.
“That was throughKim Kardashian, I think it was terrific,” added Trump, who even sent his “warmest regards” to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
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Trump has yet to comment on McCain’s decision to end his treatment for terminal brain cancer.
In a statement released on Twitter, the McCain family explained that the 81-year-old politician — who wasdiagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer with a median survival rate of just 15 months, in July 2017 — made the decision.
Sen. McCain, who has served Arizona in Congress since 1982, learned about his diagnoses with brain cancer after undergoing a surgery to remove a blood clot above his eye in summer 2017.
“Last summer, Senator John McCain shared with Americans the news our family already knew: he had been diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma, and the prognosis was serious,” the statement said. “In the year since, John has surpassed expectations for his survival. But the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict. With his usual strength of will, he has now chosen to discontinue medical treatment.”
“Our family is immensely grateful for the support and kindness of all his caregivers over the last year, and for the continuing outpouring of concern and affection from John’s many friends and associated, and the many thousands of people who are keeping him in their prayers,” the statement continued. “God bless and thank you all.”
Donald Trump and Kanye West pose for a picture together in December 2016.Seth Wenig/AP
McCain previously survived three bouts of melanoma, an aggressive skin cancer that can spread to the brain and cause bleeding.
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Friday’s speech was not the first time Trump has snubbed McCain.
Eleven days before, on Aug. 13, the presidentneglected to mention McCainwhen he signed a defense spending bill that was named in honor of the former POW.
source: people.com
