President Donald Trump on Monday issued a formal statement honoring the late Sen. John McCain following two days of backlash over his initial response to the Republican’s death. New Trump statement on McCain's death is still full of shade. pic.twitter.com/pa7NxIrOeh — Alana Horowitz Satlin (@achorowitz) August 27, 2018The White House garnered negative press after people noticed White House flags had returned to full staff on Monday, less than two days after McCain had died. Prior to the statement, Trump had only tweeted his “deepest sympathies and respect” to the McCain family. Leah Millis/Reuters President Donald Trump reversed course on Monday, issuing a formal statement honoring the late Sen. John McCain.

Source: Huffington Post August 27, 2018 20:31 UTC