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Bad blood between McCain, Trump lingers, even as Arizona Republican nears end

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Washington • It got off to a bad start, and President Donald Trump’s venomous relationship with Sen. John McCain probably won’t end well either.

The president was reportedly disinvited to McCain’s funeral months ago, after McCain’s battle with brain cancer took a turn for the worse, and now the veteran Arizona Republican senator has decided to discontinue medical treatment.

Throughout McCain’s illness, Trump has continued to publicly snub him — including a recent appearance in which the president declined to say McCain’s name when signing a bill that was named for him.