Donald Trump under fire for reportedly physically mocking John McCain for his war injuries

John McCain’s daughter has criticised Donald Trump amid allegations that the President has taken to physically mocking her father, who is stricken with cancer and suffered life-long injuries as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Mr Trump has reportedly been imitating the thumbs down motion made by Mr McCain, a Republican Senator for Arizona, when he cast a no vote for his party’s bill to repeal Obamacare in July.

The military veteran is unable to move his arms above his head, the legacy of being shot down over Vietnam, tortured and held as a prisoner for five years. 

On Wednesday, Meghan McCain, his daughter, took to Twitter to express her disgust.

Her father was also recently diagnosed with primary glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Mike Allen, of Axios, reported that Mr Trump was also mocking the body language and posture of Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, by drooping his shoulders.

They are bearing the brunt of his ire at a time when the President’s attempts to repeal Obamacare have failed, his chosen candidate suffered an embarrassing defeat in a party run-off in Alabama on Tuesday and he was criticised for focussing on American football while people in Puerto Rico were struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

During the Republican primary campaign, Mr Trump also mocked Mr McCain's status as a war hero, saying: "I like people who weren't captured."