The White House Military Office coordinated directly with the Navy's Seventh Fleet to have the USS McCain hidden from view during President Trump's Japan visit, acting Defense Sec. Shanahan told reporters, though that request was ultimately not carried out
The US Navy had previously told CNN the request had been made to lower-level US Navy officials, but it was not known who specifically received the directive about keeping a warship named for the late Sen. John McCain's father and grandfather out of sight to avoid possibly upsetting the President.
Shanahan on Sunday also pushed back on a report from The Wall Street Journal that said a tarp was put in place to cover the ship's name since it could not be moved due to repairs, saying the tarp was for"hull preservation and not to obscure the name" so it was removed.CNN has previously reported that Navy sources provided a similar explanation for the tarp. The tarp came down on the Friday before the President's Monday arrival to speak on a nearby ship in Yokosuka, Japan.
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