John McCain

== Death and funeral ==
[[File:Memorial Service for Arizona Sen. John S. McCain.webm|thumb|right|Memorial Service for Arizona Senator John S. McCain]]

On August 24, 2018, McCain's family announced that he would no longer receive treatment for his cancer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/john-mccain-brain-cancer.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824150732/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/john-mccain-brain-cancer.html |archive-date=August 24, 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=John McCain Will No Longer Be Treated for Brain Cancer, Family Says|last1=Fandos|first1=Nicholas|last2=Martin|first2=Johnathan|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 24, 2018|access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> He died the following day at 4:28&nbsp;p.m. [[Mountain Standard Time|MST]] (23:28 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]), with his wife and family beside him, at his home in [[Cornville, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/08/25/john-mccain-dead-arizona-senator-republican-maverick-obituary/538330001/|title=Sen. John McCain, American 'maverick' and Arizona political giant, dies at age 81|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|first=Dan|last=Nowicki|date=August 25, 2018|access-date=December 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/obituaries/john-mccain-dead.html | title= John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81 | first= Robert | last= McFadden | date = August 25, 2018 | access-date = August 25, 2018 | work = [[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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McCain [[Lying in state|lay in state]] in the [[Arizona State Capitol]] in Phoenix on August 29, which would have been his 82nd birthday. This was followed by a service at North Phoenix Baptist Church on August 30. His remains were then moved to Washington, D.C., to lie in state in the [[United States Capitol rotunda|rotunda]] of the [[United States Capitol]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title= Lying in State or in Honor |publisher=US Architect of the Capitol (AOC) |access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref> on August 31, which was followed by a service at the [[Washington National Cathedral]] on September 1. He was a "lifelong Episcopalian" who attended, but did not join, a [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]] church for at least 17 years; memorial services were scheduled in both denominations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/lifelong-episcopalian-senator-john-mccain-remembered-hero-stood-quietly-faith-227024/|title=Lifelong Episcopalian Senator John McCain Remembered as 'Hero' Who Stood Quietly for His Faith|work=The Christian Post|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://baptistnews.com/article/mccains-faith-pastor-describes-senator-as-devout-but-low-key-updated/|title=McCain's faith: Pastor describes senator as devout, but low-key (updated) |website=baptistnews.com|publisher=Baptist News Global|access-date=August 27, 2018|date=April 9, 2008 }}</ref> Prior to his death, McCain requested that former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama deliver eulogies at his funeral and asked that neither Donald Trump nor Sarah Palin attend any of the services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-mccain-funeral-obama-george-w-bush-requested-eulogies/|title=McCain requested Obama and George W. Bush deliver eulogies at funeral|publisher=CBS News|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/08/26/john-mccain-trump-funeral-plans-sot-vpx.cnn|title=McCain didn't want Trump at funeral service|publisher=CNN|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> McCain himself planned the funeral arrangements and selected his [[pallbearer]]s for the service in Washington; the pallbearers included former vice president [[Joe Biden]], former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, former [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] William Cohen, actor [[Warren Beatty]], and Russian dissident [[Vladimir Kara-Murza]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/28/john-mccain-pallbearer-russia-799061|title=McCain's choice of Russian dissident as pallbearer is final dig at Putin, Trump|work=Politico|access-date=August 29, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Multiple foreign leaders attended McCain's service: [[Secretary General of NATO]] [[Jens Stoltenberg]], [[President of Ukraine]] [[Petro Poroshenko]], [[Speaker of Taiwan's Congress]] [[Su Jia-chyuan]], [[National Defense Minister of Canada]] [[Harjit Sajjan]], defense minister [[Jüri Luik]] and foreign minister [[Sven Mikser]] of Estonia, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Latvia)|Foreign Minister of Latvia]] [[Edgars Rinkēvičs]], [[Foreign Minister of Lithuania]] [[Linas Antanas Linkevičius]], and [[Foreign Affairs Minister of Saudi Arabia]] [[Adel al-Jubeir]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/us-foreign-leaders-mccain-memorial-national-cathedral |title=Here's Who is Attending McCain Memorial at National Cathedral |work=[[Roll Call]] |date=September 1, 2018 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904084652/https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/us-foreign-leaders-mccain-memorial-national-cathedral |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/08/31/2003699510 |title=Speaker to attend McCain service on nation's behalf |work=[[Taipei Times]] |date=August 31, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201809020005.aspx |title=Legislative Speaker Su attends John McCain's memorial service |work=[[Focus Taiwan]] |date=September 2, 2018}}</ref>

Dignitaries who gave eulogies at the Memorial Service in Washington National Cathedral included [[Barack Obama]], [[George W. Bush]], [[Henry Kissinger]], Joe Lieberman, and his daughter Meghan McCain. ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described the service as the biggest meeting of anti-Trump figures during his presidency.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/john-mccains-funeral-was-the-biggest-resistance-meeting-yet|title=John McCain's Funeral Was the Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet|first=Susan B.|last=Glasser|date=September 1, 2018|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>

Many American political figures paid tribute at the funeral. Those who attended included former United States presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, [[Bill Clinton]]; First Ladies [[Michelle Obama]], [[Laura Bush]], [[Hillary Clinton]]; and former vice presidents Joe Biden, [[Dick Cheney]], [[Al Gore]], and [[Dan Quayle]]. Former president [[Jimmy Carter]] did not attend; former president [[George H. W. Bush]] (who [[Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush|died]] three months after McCain) was too ill to attend the service; and President Trump and former vice president [[Walter Mondale]] were not invited. Many figures from political life, both current and former and from both political parties, attended. Figures included [[John F. Kelly]], [[Jim Mattis]], Bob Dole, [[Madeleine Albright]], John Kerry, Mitch McConnell, [[Paul Ryan]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], [[Chuck Schumer]], Mitt Romney, [[Lindsey Graham]], [[Jeff Flake]], [[Elizabeth Warren]], [[Jon Huntsman Jr.|Jon Huntsman]], and [[Kamala Harris]]. President Trump's daughter and son-in-law [[Ivanka Trump]] and [[Jared Kushner]] attended to the displeasure of Meghan McCain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/02/08/meghan-mccain-stephen-colbert-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-funeral/2810509002/|title=Meghan McCain slams first family to Stephen Colbert: 'The Trumps are unwelcome around me'|website=USA Today}}</ref> Journalists [[Carl Bernstein]], [[Tom Brokaw]], and [[Charlie Rose]], as well as actors Warren Beatty and [[Annette Bening]] and comedians [[Jay Leno]] and [[Joy Behar]] also attended the funeral.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/09/01/john-mccain-funeral-jay-leno-warren-beatty-other-celebrities/1172456002/|title=John McCain funeral: Jay Leno, Renee Fleming and more celebrities who attended|website=USA Today}}</ref>

[[File:Sen_ McCain grave.jpg|thumb|left|Grave of John McCain III next to his Naval Academy classmate [[Charles R. Larson]] at the [[United States Naval Academy Cemetery]]]]

On September 2, the funeral cortege traveled from Washington, D.C., through [[Annapolis, Maryland]], where the streets were lined with crowds of onlookers, to the Naval Academy.<ref>{{cite news|author=Britto, Brittany|title=Hundreds line sidewalks as Sen. John McCain arrives in Annapolis for burial at Naval Academy|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/annapolis/bs-md-mccain-burial-20180902-story.html|date=September 2, 2018|access-date=May 31, 2019|archive-date=June 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601020855/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/annapolis/bs-md-mccain-burial-20180902-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A private service was held at the [[Naval Academy Chapel]], attended by the brigade of midshipmen and McCain's classmates. After the chapel service, McCain was buried at the [[United States Naval Academy Cemetery]], next to his Naval Academy classmate and lifelong friend Admiral [[Charles R. Larson]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/26/john-mccain-lie-in-state-capitol-797270|title=McCain to lie in state at Capitol|work=Politico|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>

Many celebrities paid tribute to the late Senator on Twitter. Those included [[Tom Hanks]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Reese Witherspoon]], and [[Jimmy Kimmel]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/08/26/whoopi-goldberg-tom-hanks-and-other-celebs-pay-tribute-john-mccain/1103638002/|title='True American Hero': Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks and other celebs pay tribute to John McCain|last=Henderson|first=Cydney|date=August 26, 2018|work=USA Today|access-date=August 26, 2021}}</ref>

Arizona Governor [[Doug Ducey]] was empowered to appoint McCain's interim replacement until [[2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona|a special election]] was held in 2020 to determine who was to serve out the remainder of McCain's term, which ended in January 2023 and thus appointed the then former Arizona U.S. Senator [[Jon Kyl]] to fill the vacancy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/politics/arizona-senate-mccain.amp.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905073125/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/politics/arizona-senate-mccain.amp.html |archive-date=September 5, 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jon Kyl, Former Senator, Will Replace McCain in Arizona |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 4, 2018 |access-date=September 24, 2018|last1=Martin |first1=Jonathan |last2=Hakim |first2=Danny }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-GOP-will-likely-hold-on-to-McCain-s-seat-13183034.php|title=The GOP will likely hold on to McCain's seat until 2020|first=Amber|last=Phillips|date=May 16, 2018|website=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=August 26, 2018|archive-date=August 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826113438/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-GOP-will-likely-hold-on-to-McCain-s-seat-13183034.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under Arizona law, the appointed replacement must be of the same party as McCain, a Republican.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/arizona-governor-a-republican-to-appoint-mccain-successor/2018/08/25/f84667a4-a8d1-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html|title=Arizona governor, a Republican, to appoint McCain successor|last1=Sullivan|first1=Sean|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> Newspaper speculation about potential appointees included McCain's widow Cindy, former Senator Jon Kyl, and former Representatives [[Matt Salmon]] and [[John Shadegg]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://time.com/5250551/what-happens-john-mccain-senate-seat/ |title=Here's What Happens to John McCain's Senate Seat |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=August 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/25/17781526/john-mccain-replacement-arizona-governor-doug-ducey |title=Who could be appointed to replace John McCain in the Senate, and the process behind it, explained |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=August 25, 2018}}</ref> Ducey said that he would not make a formal appointment until after McCain's final funeral and burial; on September 4, two days after McCain was buried, Ducey appointed Kyl to fill McCain's seat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/08/26/john-mccain-successor-senate-seat-named-after-burial-doug-ducey/1102976002/|title=John McCain's seat in Senate will stay empty until after burial, Gov. Doug Ducey says|last=Sanchez|first=Yvonne Wingett|date=August 26, 2018|work=[[The Arizona Republic]]|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Jonathan |title=Jon Kyl, Former Senator, Will Replace John McCain in Arizona |work=The New York Times |date=September 4, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/politics/arizona-senate-mccain.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904191456/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/politics/arizona-senate-mccain.html |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=September 4, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> After Kyl's resignation at the end of 2018, Ducey appointed former Tucson congresswoman [[Martha McSally]] to the vacant seat, who eventually lost to [[Mark Kelly]] in the 2020 special election.

=== Tributes ===
[[File:John McCain wreath laying at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (43686596314).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|[[Cindy McCain]], [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary]] [[James Mattis]] and [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]] [[John F. Kelly]] lay a wreath at the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial]].]]

McCain received many tributes and condolences, including from Congressional colleagues, all living former presidents – [[Jimmy Carter]], George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama – and future president Joe Biden, Senators Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, [[Susan Collins]], Lindsey Graham, and Jeff Flake, as well as Vice President [[Mike Pence]] and President [[Richard Nixon]]'s daughters [[Tricia Nixon Cox]] and [[Julie Nixon Eisenhower]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/08/25/nation-world-react-senator-john-mccains-death-donald-trump-barack-obama-george-bush-jimmy-carter/643711002/|title=Six presidents, nation, world react to John McCain's death|website=The Arizona Republic|date=August 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dominic|last=Patten |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/john-mccain-family-gets-donald-012304100.html?guccounter=1 |title=John McCain's Family Gets Donald Trump's "Sympathy"; No Salute For Deceased Senator |publisher=Yahoo! |date=August 13, 2018 |access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gstalter |first1=Morgan |title=Biden on McCain's death: 'He never lost sight of what he believed most: Country First' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/403628-biden-on-mccains-death-he-never-lost-sight-of-what-he-believed-most-country/ |access-date=August 26, 2018 |work=The Hill}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2018/08/statement-tricia-nixon-cox-julie-nixon-eisenhower-passing-senator-john-mccain/ |title=STATEMENT BY TRICIA NIXON COX AND JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER ON THE PASSING OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN |publisher=Richard Nixon Foundation |date=August 25, 2018 |access-date=September 2, 2018}}</ref> French president [[Emmanuel Macron]], Taiwanese president [[Tsai Ing-wen]], Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and prime minister [[Volodymyr Groysman]], Australian prime minister [[Scott Morrison]], who had just taken office the previous day, and former prime minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]], British prime minister [[Theresa May]] and former prime minister [[David Cameron]], Canadian prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]] and former prime minister [[Stephen Harper]], German chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] and foreign minister [[Heiko Maas]], Israeli prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], Indian prime minister [[Narendra Modi]], [[Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] chief executive [[Abdullah Abdullah]], Pakistani foreign minister [[Shah Mahmood Qureshi]], the [[14th Dalai Lama]], and former Vietnamese ambassador to Washington [[Nguyễn Quốc Cường]] also sent condolences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vot.org/cn/%E8%BE%BE%E8%B5%96%E5%96%87%E5%98%9B%E6%82%BC%E9%BA%A6%E5%87%AF%E6%81%A9%EF%BC%9A%E6%84%9F%E8%B0%A2%E4%BB%96%E5%AF%B9%E8%A5%BF%E8%97%8F%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9A%E6%8C%9A%E5%85%B3%E5%88%87/|script-title=zh:达赖喇嘛悼麦凯恩：感谢他对西藏的诚挚关切|language=zh-Hans|date=August 27, 2018|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919062318/https://www.vot.org/cn/%E8%BE%BE%E8%B5%96%E5%96%87%E5%98%9B%E6%82%BC%E9%BA%A6%E5%87%AF%E6%81%A9%EF%BC%9A%E6%84%9F%E8%B0%A2%E4%BB%96%E5%AF%B9%E8%A5%BF%E8%97%8F%E7%9A%84%E8%AF%9A%E6%8C%9A%E5%85%B3%E5%88%87/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Noack |first=Rick |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/08/26/a-great-defender-liberty-world-leaders-mourn-sen-john-mccain/ |title='A great defender of liberty': World leaders mourn Sen. John McCain |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 26, 2018 |access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3515464 |title=Taiwan expresses condolences over death of John McCain: Taiwan mourns the death of a 'determined friend' |work=[[Taiwan News]] |date=August 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taiwan-president-mccain-a-friend-and-a-fighter/ar-BBMrjKS |title=Taiwan president: McCain a friend and a fighter |publisher=MSN |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 26, 2018 |access-date=August 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826135246/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taiwan-president-mccain-a-friend-and-a-fighter/ar-BBMrjKS |archive-date=August 26, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-08-26/the-latest-presidents-lawmakers-laud-mccain-as-patriot|title=The Latest: Germany, Pakistan Pay Tribute to McCain|website=U.S. News & World Report|date=August 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/john-mccain-death-canada-prime-ministers-reaction-1.4799398|title=Trudeau, Harper among Canadians paying tribute to U.S. Sen. John McCain |publisher=CBC News}}</ref>

[[File:McCain funeral service - 180829-Z-CZ735-319.JPG|thumb|McCain's daughter Meghan mourning while he lies in state at the Arizona State Capitol]]
Colonel Trần Trọng Duyệt, who ran the Hỏa Lò Prison when McCain was held there, remarked, "At that time I liked him personally for his toughness and strong stance. Later on, when he became a US Senator, he and Senator John Kerry greatly contributed to promote [[United States–Vietnam relations|Vietnam-US relations]] so I was very fond of him. When I learnt about his death early this morning, I feel very sad. I would like to send condolences to his family."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vietnamnews.vn/politics-laws/464563/us-senator-mccain-who-helps-lay-foundation-for-vn-us-relations-passes-away.html|title=US Senator McCain – who helps lay foundation for VN-US relations – passes away|website=[[Việt Nam News]]|access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> In a TV interview, Senator Lindsey Graham said McCain's last words to him were "I love you, I have not been cheated."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lindsey-graham-reveals-mccain-s-last-words-him-tearful-interview-n904361|title=Lindsey Graham reveals McCain's last words to him in tearful interview|last=Edelman|first=Adam|date=August 28, 2018|publisher=NBC News|access-date=August 28, 2018}}</ref> His daughter, Meghan McCain, shared her grief, stating that she was present at the moment he died.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/politics/john-mccain-dead-daughter-meghan-mccain-tribute/|title=Meghan McCain Shares Touching Tribute to Late Father: 'All That I Am Is Thanks to Him'|work=People|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>

At the [[70th Primetime Emmy Awards]], McCain was recognized in the "In Memoriam" segment, right before [[Aretha Franklin]]. Many fans questioned the inclusion of McCain in the segment because he was not known for television. He had, however, appeared in various television projects, including hosting and several cameo appearances on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. He also made appearances on ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' and ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''.<ref name="AZC">{{cite web |last1=Goodykoontz |first1=Bill |title=Emmy Awards recognize John McCain |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/movies/billgoodykoontz/2018/09/17/sen-john-mccain-recognized-emmy-awards-monday-night/1342700002/ |work=[[The Arizona Republic]] |access-date=March 27, 2019 |date=September 17, 2018}}</ref>

[[Senate Minority Leader]] Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that he would introduce a resolution to rename the [[Russell Senate Office Building]] after McCain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-schumer-proposes-renaming-russell-senate-office-building-after-john-mccain/|title=Schumer proposes renaming Russell Senate Office Building for John McCain|first=Emily|last=Tillett|publisher=CBS News|date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> A [[Method ringing#"Performances"|quarter peal]] of [[Grandsire|Grandsire Caters]] in memory of McCain was rung by the bellringers of Washington National Cathedral the day following his death.<ref>Bb.ringingworld.co.uk. (2018). Ringing World BellBoard. [online] Available at: https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1243949 [Accessed August 30, 2018].</ref> Another memorial quarter peal was rung on September{{nbsp}}6 on the [[Bells of Congress]] at the [[Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.)|Old Post Office]] in Washington.<ref>Bb.ringingworld.co.uk. (2018). Ringing World BellBoard. [online] Available at: https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1245350 [Accessed September 8, 2018].</ref>

[[File:The American flag files at half-staff at the White House for Sen. John McCain.webm|thumb|The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House for Senator John McCain – video from [[Voice of America]].]]

President Trump reportedly rejected the White House's plans to release a statement praising McCain's life, initially said nothing about McCain himself in a tweet that extended condolences to McCain's family.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |title=Trump rejected plans for a White House statement praising McCain |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-rejected-plans-for-a-white-house-statement-praising-mccain/2018/08/26/0d0478e4-a967-11e8-8f4b-aee063e14538_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref> In addition, the flag at the White House, which had been lowered to [[Half-mast#United States|half-staff]] the day of McCain's death (August 25), was raised back to full-staff at 12:01&nbsp;a.m. on August 27.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-flag-longer-half-staff-john-mccains/story?id=57422250|title=Trump ignores questions about John McCain as White House flag returns to full-staff|last=Pak|first=Nataly|date=August 27, 2018|publisher=ABC News|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref> Trump reportedly felt that media coverage of McCain's death was excessive given that McCain was never president.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Donald Trump believed John McCain coverage was 'over the top' |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12115466 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=August 28, 2018|date=August 28, 2018 }}</ref> Following public backlash from the [[American Legion]] and [[AMVETS]], Trump ordered the White House flag back to half-staff later on August 27. Trump issued a statement praising McCain's service to the country, and he signed a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff until McCain's interment at the Naval Academy Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/american-legion-implores-trump-to-issue-proclamation-on-john-mccain/|title=American Legion Implores Trump to Issue Proclamation on John McCain, Lower Flags to Half-Staff|date=August 27, 2018|publisher=Mediaite|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-issues-statement-on-mccain-after-backlash-to-silence-i-respect-his-service/|title=Trump Issues Statement on McCain After Silence Met With Criticism: 'I Respect' His Service|date=August 27, 2018|publisher=Mediaite|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>