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Throughout the election cycle, Donald Trump often clashed with members of his own political party over policy and tactics. A number of proposals by the controversial then-candidate were unsettling, and the tactics would put career politicians in uncomfortable positions. When Trump was a candidate, it was easier for politicians to disavow him. Believing he was never going to win made it easy to keep him at a distance. Now that hes President, Republican politicians have been forced to come up to bat and play ball for Team Trump.

Some, like failed presidential candidate Senator John McCain, refuse to work with President Trump. What is Senator McCains issue with the President?

President Trump himself has earned a great deal of criticism for attacking critical news outlets and labeling them as being enemies of the American people. Journalists, anchors, and politicians all lined up to parrot shallow lines about the First Amendment being under attack and how a free, independent press is critical to democracy. There has been no shortage in the politicking and hyperbole.

Senator McCain himself took issue with the criticism and even implied President Trump wanted to be a dictator.

For all the concerns about uncomfortable tactics, Senator Paul believes theres another issue in play and that the ongoing feud is personal. In a recent interview, the Kentucky United States Senator slammed his colleagues repeated criticisms of the President. The issue for McCain, Senator Paul alleges, is the difference in foreign policy opinion.

As a candidate, President Trump lashed out at the Bush family and criticized former President George W. Bush over the Iraq War. He stood up against regime change and nation building as part of his overall America First agenda. This is in direct contrast to Senator McCains career of ambitiously supporting war and wanting to involve the United States military in any conflict the government can get its hands on.

Is Senator Paul correct?

President Trump isnt without his own problems, but the constant attacks by Senator McCain appear personal, to a degree. Senator McCain has been a strong advocate for the military-industrial complex over the years. He has been a strong supporter of the endless War on Terrorism, a ploy to keep the war state alive. Along the way, he has also been a strong advocate for the invasion and occupation of Iraq, which cost the United States massively in more ways than one.

The President, on the other hand, has been critical of the Bush Administration, the War on Terrorism, and the Iraq conflict. The War On Terrorism has no clear objective and threatens to keep the United States forever engaged in foreign conflicts abroad, including in Iraq.

Democratic and Republican Presidents have long been apart of the war problem in America, with foreign aggression being a bipartisan objective. For decades, regime change both overt and covert has worsened global politics. Senator Rand Paul, who himself has been a consistent critic of war, is right to note Senator John McCains top priority is strengthening the war state.

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Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday urged President Trump against choosing former U.N. ambassador John R. Bolton as his national security adviser.

Mr. Paul, whose anti-interventionist stance aligns closely with what the president has espoused, said he fears that Mr. Boltons go-it-alone mindset would lead to secret wars around the globe.

The problem with John Bolton is he disagrees with President Trumps foreign policy, the Kentucky Republican said on ABCs This Week.

John Bolton still believes the Iraq War was a good idea. He still believes that regime change is a good idea. He still believes that nation-building is a good idea, said the senator. I think that his history of sort of acting on his own, my fear is that secret wars would be developing around the globe. And so, no, I think he would be a bad choice.

Mr. Bolton, a senior fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute and frequent commentator on Fox News, has bucked the neoconservative label but has been associated with many groups advocating those views.

His foreign policy stance, however, is undoubtedly more hawkish than Mr. Pauls.

The senator said that Mr. Boltons views more closely align with those of Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who has been a consistent critic of Mr. Trump.

The president is interviewing Mr. Bolton and at least three other candidates, all Army generals, for the national security job, the White House reported.

The interviews at Mr. Trumps Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, where the president is spending the weekend, include Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster; retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, currently the acting national security adviser; and Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said former CIA Director David H. Petraeus is officially out of the running.

Mr. Trump ousted retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn from the post last week for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about discussions with Russias ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential transition.

Retired Vice Adm. Robert Harward rejected the presidents job offer to replace Mr. Flynn on Thursday.

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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who is pushing a plan to replace the federal Affordable Care Act, Paul met with medical professionals at a Bowling Green hospital Monday to discuss his health care ideas.

Medical professionals gathered at TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital for an invitation only, town hall style meeting to hear details about Sen. Pauls replacement plan. The Bowling Green Republican is proposing a tax credit of up to $5,000 per person to use as part of a Health Savings Account. His plan would also remove the Affordable Care Acts mandate that every American get coverage.

Paul wants a replacement plan passed the same day Obamacare is repealed.

We do need to be thoughtful and think about how are we going to make a better system than what we have, Paul said.

Some of the top concerns by medical professionals at the town hall meeting included maintaining the Obamacare provision that those with pre-existing conditions not be denied coverage, and allowing patients to cross state lines and still be insured. Beth Bryant, cardiologist at Greenview, said a better plan to support all Kentuckians is needed.

Because currently Obamacare is failing in Kentucky, were going broke, and our patients arent being covered, Bryant said.

A Gallup poll shows Kentucky saw the second-highest drop in the number of uninsured residents after the ACA was implemented. And a University of Louisville study found the number of low-income Kentuckians without coverage dropped 68 percent in the first year of Kentuckys expanded Medicaid coverage.

Pauls plan would eliminate some of Obamacares protections of those with pre-existing conditions. The Bowling Green Senator is proposing a two-year window when those with pre-existing conditions could get insurance. After that, theyd only be protected if they continuously maintained coverage.

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Sen. Rand PaulRand PaulTrumps feud with the press in the spotlight Rand Paul: Were very lucky John McCains not in charge Rand Paul: John Bolton would be a 'bad choice' for national security adviser MORE (Ky.) ripped fellow Republican Sen. John McCainJohn McCainTrumps feud with the press in the spotlight Republicans play clean up on Trump's foreign policy Graham: Free press and independent judiciary are worth fighting for MORE (Ariz.) on Sunday after McCain criticized President Trumps escalating war of words with the media.

He argued that the nation is very lucky that Trump is president and not McCain, who won the 2008 GOP nomination but lost to Barack ObamaBarack ObamaTrump plays golf for third weekend in a row Former Defense chief: Trump's handling of national security 'dysfunctional' Priebus, Wallace clash over media coverage of Trump MORE in the general election.

Paul said that McCains recent criticisms of Trump are driven by his personal dispute with the president over foreign policy.

Everything that he says about the president is colored by his own personal dispute hes got running with President Trump, and it should be taken with a grain of salt, because John McCains the guy whos advocated for war everywhere, Paul said on ABCs This Week.

He would bankrupt the nation. Were very lucky John McCains not in charge, because I think wed be in perpetual war, Paul added.

McCain in an interview with NBCs Meet the Press warned that the suppression of a free press can lead to a dictatorial regime. He made the comments after Trump tweeted on Friday that the media is the enemy of the American people.

McCain has also harshly criticized Trumps expressed respect for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his suggestion earlier this month that the United States does not have the moral authority to criticize Russias human rights record.

Paul said there has no effort by the Trump administration to suppress the media, noting that no legislation has been offered to curb press freedoms.

Paul argued that McCain has a history of being wrong major foreign policy questions.

I would say John McCains been wrong on just about everything over the last four decades. He advocated for the Iraq War, which I think destabilized the Middle East, he said.

If you look at the map, theres probably at least six different countries where John McCain has advocated for us having boots on the ground, he added.

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