President Donald Trump's seven most shocking views
Billionaire has attacked Muslims, Mexicans and even war veterans

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Military personnel
Speaking about Republican Senator John McCain, who was taken prisoner for nearly six years during the Vietnam War, Trump said: "He's not a war hero. I like people that weren't captured." His remarks sparked a furious response from veterans' groups across the US. "[His] asinine comments are an insult to everyone who has ever worn the uniform – and to all Americans," Paul Rieckhoff, of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America group, wrote in the New York Daily News.
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