Meghan McCain finds President Trump's statement on National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day mighty disingenuous.
Trump on Tuesday tweeted a statement honoring "Americans captured and imprisoned by foreign powers while carrying out their duties to defend this great Nation." For obvious reasons, McCain was not buying this, writing that "no one believes" he actually cares about prisoners of war.
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