The Navy admits it DID receive a request to hide the USS John McCain during Trump's trip to Japan - but says no sailors from the ship were excluded from participating in the state visit
Daily Mail
June 1, 2019
The Navy has acknowledged that it received a request to hide the USS John S. McCain during President Donald Trump's recent visit to Japan.
'A request was made to the U.S. Navy to minimize the visibility of USS John S. McCain, however, all ships remained in their normal configuration during the President's visit,' Rear Admiral Charlie Brown, chief of information, said in a statement to NBC News. 'There were also no intentional efforts to explicitly exclude Sailors assigned to USS John S. McCain,' the statement said.
The controversy surfaced earlier this week, when the Wall Street Journal reported that it had seen an email dated May 15 from the White House Military Office directing Navy officials that the USS John S. McCain needed to be 'out of sight' during Trump's visit.
The ship is named for the late Senator John McCain, as well as for his father and grandfather, who were both Navy admirals and shared the same name.
The Pentagon's acting chief, Patrick Shanahan, said he never authorized attempts to make sure Trump would not see the USS John S. McCain at its homeport in Japan and has asked his staff to investigate.
Trump said he was not involved in the matter.
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