When Politics Get Personal: Politicians’ Most Insulting Slurs & Feuds

John McCain Vs. Donald Trump

Donald Trump started his feud with John McCain at the start of his presidential campaign in 2015. McCain was first angered by the candidate after he called Mexican immigrants “rapists.” A few months later, Trump called out McCain’s service during the Vietnam War. Trump insinuated that people who were prisoners of war (POWs) were not war heroes because they were captured. He said that he liked “people that weren’t captured.” McCain was a Navy aviator who was shot down in 1967. He was a POW for more than five years. Other actions, including the 2005 sex-talk recording, caused McCain to withdraw his support from Trump.