Trump steps up barrage against McCain, attacking him for ‘endless wars’

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President Trump on Wednesday savaged the political legacy of the late Sen. John McCain, blaming the Arizona Republican for pushing the U.S. into “endless wars” and accusing him of giving an opposition research dossier to the FBI “to put me at jeopardy.”

“I have to be honest, I’ve never liked him much,” Trump said during a speech at an Ohio tank manufacturing plant, continuing what has become a multiday assault on McCain.

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