(CNN) On July 18, 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump said this about John McCain: "He's not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. On March 19, 2019, President Donald Trump offered this assessment of the late war hero and senator: "I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be." When Trump initially attacked McCain as something less than a war hero in 2015, it was covered as the end of a campaign that never really got started. And doing so was seen as the easiest way to destroy your political future.

Source: CNN March 19, 2019 19:30 UTC