Meghan McCain says 'no one believes' President Trump cares about prisoners of war

Meghan McCain noticed President Trump’s tweet right away.

The president had sent the official message from the White House marking National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day on Tuesday morning.

But it was too much for The View co-host, whose late father, Republican Sen. John McCain, has been the target of Trump’s insults for decades, even after his death.

Before entering politics, Sen. McCain served in the United States Navy and fought in the Vietnam War. He was captured and tortured for more than five years, but Trump has said that does not make him a war hero.

“He’s not a war hero,” Trump told a crowd in July 2015. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

Just last month, The View co-host bonded with Khizr Khan, the father of fallen Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was attacked by Trump after supporting Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election on an episode of her show.

“Meghan, first, I am honored to sit under your grace, under your dignity,” he said. “Under the grace of Senator McCain’s family, our hero, hero of this nation.”

Many of the responses to McCain’s retort didn’t even address what she said, but instead focused on the heated argument that she got into with co-host Joy Behar on Monday’s episode. People continued to demand that McCain apologize to Behar for interrupting her during a debate about politics.

Updated at 1:06 p.m. April 9.

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