people were waiting to hear. he said that our hearts and prayers are with his family and we appreciate what he s done in terms of serving the country. very small remark that got meant a lot in the room. there was relief. i don t think for the evangelical community and for a lot of americans, it s not really positive to see the president fighting with a fallen war hero, someone who is seen and respected across the country for his decades of public service, to see the president not lowering the flags to half-staff, not putting out any type of statement beyond a tweet. i think a lot of americans were waiting for him to at least rise to the moment and say something nice about a man who served his country for decades upon decades. john, it just shouldn t be that hard. i mean, it just shouldn t be that hard. this is the interesting thing about it, it s just the easiest thing in the world. sometimes they are proforma. she could have said a proforma note of condolence about some
nice or laudatory about john mccain in part this is interesting because he felt it would be inauthentic. americans knew they didn t like each other and wouldn t ring true if he were to say something nice, he felt, not understanding that this is about john mccain s life, not about their feud, but then the reporting says that it was john kelly, chief of staff, it was bill shine now in the communications department and it was sarah sanders who played a really, according to the wall street journal, fundamental role in getting him to change his mind. it s interesting because we don t often see how it works and how the president can change his mind. your thoughts? couple of things. first, this is just another self-imposed controversy that is petty and that is so pointless because yet again the president has demonstrated that he is thinking about himself, his grievances, his opinions rather than the office he holds. the office of the presidency commands that you show graciousness in t
later there s still this small monument here that s got his name on it because this was viewed as a north vietnamese military victory, shooting down mccain and other u.s. pilots who were bombing north vietnam. but look at this now. after the senator s passing, you ve got these shows of respect, flowers, incense, money, cigarettes. we ve got a bouquet here from the u.s. embassy here in hanoi. i just saw a south african couple who told me they were taking photos here. they said we re not americans, but we respect the man. the u.s. embassy here in hanoi has opened its annex to the public to let people sign a book of condolences. i met vietnamese there coming in to sign saying they thanked john mccain for helping establish friendly relations between vietnam and the u.s., two countries that fought this bitter, bitter war against each
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more in common with each other than in disagreement. if only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country, we will get through these challenging times. we will come through them stronger than before. we always do. ten years ago, i had the privilege to concede defeat in the election for president. i want to end my farewell to you with heart felt faith in americans that i felt so powerfully that evening. i feel it powerfully still. do not despair of our present difficulties. we believe always in the promise and greatness of america because nothing is inevitable here. americans never quit. we never surrender. we never hide from history. we make history. farewell fellow americans. god bless you. and god bless america.