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Sen. John McCain says he's "More worried about this country than I've been in my entire lifetime."

"We are seeing strains on the world order," the former presidential candidate said in an interview with CNN's David Axelrod.

McCain was shocked earlier this year at candidate Donald Trump's assertion that the US lacked the moral standing to question Russia's human rights abuses.

"To state that there's some moral equivalency between an imperfect nation -- that's the United States of America -- and Vladimir Putin is appalling," McCain said. Ref. CNN.

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"Someday, the news media may get around to re-examining the assumption that killing foreigners in their own country is the best patriotic credential imaginable. A front-page New York Times story the other day referred to Sen. John McCain as "The most popular national political figure in the country." McCain built his career in politics while news accounts routinely described him as a "War hero," with frequent references to the captivity and torture that he withstood for years after a North Vietnamese missile brought him down from a plane he was piloting over Hanoi. Media outlets rarely put a fine point on the fact that McCain had been dropping bombs on civilians: Norman Solomon "
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Senator McCain solicits support in Australia for Trump's removal. Speaking in Australia before high-ranking state and military officials, including two former prime ministers, McCain delivered a damning indictment of Donald Trump and called upon the Australian government to defy his administration. Source 7z.

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It's amazing what news can be fabricated by just taking words out of context and twisting the a bit. Look at the source her. The World Socialist Website is not a good source for real news. The Senator did not say that.

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Well, Mccain's statements did come quite close to open criticism. But the terms damning indictment and defiance certainly don't come into it.

Edited: daishain on 4th Jun, 2017 - 4:56pm

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Daushain,

Exactly. Criticism is fine and Senator McCain criticizes the president often. But he certainly wasn't seeking Australia's support in having him removed. Nor would anyone in Government seek the help of s foreign power to remove a sitting president. There is a name for that. Yet this is exactly what the headline blared.

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McCain never liked Trump that's a given so anything he says will be used against the Trump regime.

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Putin says Kremlin critic U.S. Senator McCain "Lives in Old World". McCain said last week Putin was a bigger threat to global security than Islamic State, and warned the Senate would push for tougher sanctions against Moscow Source 3f.