To the Editor:

Re “Trump Relents, Offering Praise for Bitter Rival” (front page, Aug. 28):

Pressure from the public and within his administration ultimately forced President Trump to re-lower the White House flag to half-mast and deliver a halfhearted and clearly insincere statement about Senator John McCain, who died on Saturday.

Some truths are self-evident: Mr. Trump simply can’t stand the fact that Mr. McCain, regardless of party affiliation or philosophical and policy differences, earned, and will forever have, the respect and admiration of the American people and countless others throughout the world.

In addition to his demonstrable indecency, cruelty and lack of civility, President Trump has jealously sunk into the depths of pettiness.

Jay Adolf

New York