Donald Trump almost double the poll numbers of nearest Republican rival

Trump, meanwhile, levelled new criticism against the Arizona Republican and 2008 GOP presidential nominee, saying McCain had made America “less safe” through his votes in Congress. “The daily news” pointing out trump received five deferments avoiding the draft in Vietnam while he was spending McCain was spending his time as a P.O.W. Most think he won’t get the nomination but are anxious he is a spoiler. The senator said on Monday that he meant it as a “term of endearment” in his interview with The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza last week.

“I could never ever question his heroism during that war”, Lauer fired back, prompting Trump to retort: “And I didn’t either”. He’s a war hero because he was captured.

“People who run for public office typically perform a great public service, regardless of whether they win on Election Day”, the paper’s editorial board wrote.

Senator McCain played down the personal attack in an interview with the American television network MSNBC, saying he did not think he was a hero. “I survived a plane crash, and I survived to walk away 7 and a half years later to entertain what we call freedom”, said Capt. Robinson. McCain’s remarkable service to the country”, adding Obama had “deep respect for Sen. However, Trump moreover asserted he “used to like [McCain] a lot”. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest asserted veterans “are entitled to an apology”.

McCain was a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War when he was shot down and captured in 1967.

“So while the rest of the Republican presidential hopefuls may not engage in the same repugnant rhetoric, make no mistake about it – they are all on the same page with Donald Trump”, Reid said.

“Somehow to denigrate that in any way is offensive, I think, to most of our veterans”.

Presidential politics can get downright dirty, and Donald Trump isn’t about cleaning it up.

At the same time, the Des Moines Register published an editorial Monday night calling for Trump to drop out of the race.

He far outpaced his rivals Scott Walker (13 per cent) and Jeb Bush (12 per cent).

Jack McCain, the fourth in his family to graduate from the Naval Academy, said he is less concerned about Trump apologizing to his father, which he has declined to do, than to other prisoners of war and military veterans. “But hopefully, I said it correctly and certainly, shortly thereafter, I said it correctly”.