Trump lashes out at McCain for comments on deadly Yemen raid

Trump took to Twitter to assail the Vietnam War veteran and chairman of the Armed Services Committee for "emboldening the enemy" after the Arizona lawmaker initially called last month's raid a "failure."

The raid was supposed to be an intelligence gathering mission but turned into a lengthy battle with al-Qaida fighters in which a Navy SEAL, Ryan Owens, was killed, a $75 million aircraft was lost and there were multiple casualties, including women and children.

"Senator McCain will continue to execute his oversight duties as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and support the brave men and women serving our nation in uniform," said McCain spokeswoman Julie Tarallo.

McCain, 80, cruised to a sixth Senate term in November, defeating a Democratic challenger who hounded the senator for standing by Trump even after the billionaire businessman insulted him as a "loser" and appeared to question whether he is a war hero.