Not even Donald Trump could hate-tweet at a dead man

It took two days, but eventually, on Monday, Trump ordered the flag to be lowered at the White House, out of respect for the late John McCain.It was like Diana and the flag at Buckingham Palace all over again, except Trump didn’t have the excuse of royal protocol.As the week wore on, it also became apparent that a portion of the Republican senator’s last weeks on earth had been devoted to thinking about how best he might posthumously defeat his adversary.