Why did Trump hate McCain?

They were desperate, and thought an old white guy with a military background coupled with a younger female running mate could appeal to the older base voter and attract a more youthful, progressive voter. Obviously,they were wrong, but the dems were besting the "first black president" drum really hard and it worked. McCain was definitely a warmonger,and said WAY more racist things than Trump ever did, so current criticism is valid.

Donald promised his base during his campaign that he would repeal & replace Obamacare & give them something better, cheaper, more golden - the best health care there ever was in the history of DC, America, North America, Earth, The Universe.

But he never had a plan to replace it with.

The Republicans, for 6 years under Obama & for 2 years when they had the House, Senate & WH, never showed or hinted at their plan.

But Donald's promise "I will REPEAL OBAMACARE!" always got such great applause at GOP rallies attended by people who held signs which read "KEEP YOUR GOVERNMENT HANDS OFF MY MEDICARE!" so Donald & Mitch McConnell in the Senate decided - "let's just grab the headlines & get even MORE applause by repealing it & replacing it with - nothing - we'll claim VICTORY! - nevermind the mess it would leave & the bind that it would put families with sick kids or pre-existing conditions or those who had moved to states where their governors DID expand Medicare who would lose coverage.

Senator McCain, going through his 2nd or 3rd round of treatments for cancer KNEW what the real-life implications were of repealing Obamacare without any replacement at all - so he literally voted thumbs down on repealing it. McCain's thumbs down vote is now translated into TrumpToiletSpeak as McCain "killing health care" - which is bullshit, because all McCain did was maintain the coverage for people who would have lost it if the ACA was repealed.

What is the GOP health care plan, now? It STILL does not exist. They never. even. tried. to. fix. it.

BTW? There's a reason why 9 out of 10 Republicans LOVE the Affordable Care Act but HATE Obamacare (it's the same thing) . . . it's because they've been carefully taught & groomed & misinformed.

Though I did not agree with McCain on the majority of his policies, I did like the guy and his pride in his country. He is the man that T-rump will never be, and this is what's eating away at T-rump on a daily basis. He's a respected American and a war hero - something T-rump will never attain.

Yes, the GOP was desperate and nixed his choice of Joe Lieberman (I) as a running mate in 2008. They chose Sarah Palin, and hedged their bets believing she would pick up the 'women voters' that Hillary would've gotten if she was the Dem candidate. They could never have been more wrong. Palin was a disaster.

Trump showed hate for him, and therefore his supporters started hating him.

Whatever/whoever Trump hates, his supporters hate.
Whatever/whoever Trump likes/loves, his supporters like/love.

McCain’s nomination was always shady to republicans voters. None can say they voted for him to be the presidential candidate. He was likely given the nomination the same way Hillary was. It was stolen.

McCain was a demokkkrat at heart and hated anyone who held conservative values. He hated W as well. He blew the demokkkrat media whenever given the chance. And hated Trump because he was a threat to McCain’s globalist vision.

Ones “military service” does not exempt them from criticism as a politician. Especially when as a politician they chose the path of lying to their voters and corruption.

“The Keeting Five”, “McCain Feingold campaign finance reform”, are just a few examples of Senator McCain’s corruption. He’s lucky he didn’t spend the remainder of his life behind bars after the savings and loan scandal. Anyone not a politician would have.

He’s gone now, a disgrace to himself and his party. And the country benefits from true leadership that puts the American voter first, not those who’ve spent their lives in Washington DC, putting themselves first.