Meghan McCain, daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), seized a few minutes at the start of “The View” on Thursday to address President Donald Trump’s latest reported slight against her father, who died of cancer in August. Reports by The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times state that the White House asked the Navy to hide the USS John S. McCain during Trump’s visit to Japan this week so that the ship’s name would not appear in photos with the president. The warship is named after the late Arizona senator, his father and his grandfather. Trump’s antagonistic relationship with John McCain was well-documented. “It’s impossible to go through the grief process when my father who has been dead for 10 months is constantly in the news cycle because the president is so obsessed with the fact that he’s never going to be a great man like he was,” said Meghan McCain, who co-hosts the ABC daytime show.

.@MeghanMcCain reacts to a White House directive to cover-up the name on USS McCain from president’s view while in Japan: “When you repeatedly are attacking my father and war heroes, it creates a culture in the military where people are clearly fearful to show my father’s name.” pic.twitter.com/bu1KL0RaVk — The View (@TheView) May 30, 2019

“It’s a bizarre way to grieve and say goodbye to my dad,” she continued, saying that Trump has made her father “omnipresent in politics” but “not like in a way we’re honoring him.” “Please have more compassion. This is very hard,” she said. “I try and put on a game face every day and try to be as stoic as possible. Grief is tricky.” She added: “I’m sorry if nine months isn’t enough for me to move on.” McCain said Wednesday in a tweet that Trump’s attacks on her deceased father have made her grief “unbearable,” but she continues to defend him because “Trump won’t let him RIP.” She reiterated that point Thursday, saying the allegations are also “bad for Americans” and “put[s] people in the Navy in horrific situations” where they fear retribution if they do not follow orders. “The president’s actions have consequences. When you are repeatedly attacking my father and war heroes, it creates a culture in the military where people are fearful to show my father’s name in one way or another,” McCain said. Still, she noted that she does not blame service members for allegedly attempting to cover up the ship’s name ― which the Navy denies doing.

The name of USS John S. McCain was not obscured during the POTUS visit to Yokosuka on Memorial Day. The Navy is proud of that ship, its crew, its namesake and its heritage. — Navy Chief of Information (@chinfo) May 30, 2019