Trump stirs new controversy by criticising McCain war record

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Donald Trump has stirred up new controversy after he criticised the Republicans’ 2008 presidential nominee&comma; saying John McCain was a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;war hero because he was captured” during the Vietnam war&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at a conference of religious conservatives&comma; Mr Trump was pressed on his recent description of Mr McCain as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a dummy” who graduated at the bottom of his class at the US Naval Academy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump’s criticism came after Mr McCain told an interviewer that the businessman and reality TV personality had &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fired up the crazies” with his inflammatory remarks about Mexican immigrants during a recent campaign rally in Phoenix&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr McCain was a Navy pilot during the Vietnam war&period; He was captured after his plane was shot down and was held for more than five years as a prisoner of war&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump said Mr McCain &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is a war hero because he was captured&period; I like people who weren’t captured”&period; The comment drew some boos from the audience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump was among 10 Republican presidential hopefuls seeking to woo several thousand socially conservative evangelical voters at the annual Family Leadership Summit in Ames&comma; Iowa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No one seeking the Republican nomination has emerged as a clear favourite among evangelical voters in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Social conservatives play a key role on the Republican side in the lead-off Iowa caucuses&comma; which serve to winnow the presidential field&period; Christian conservatives backed the winners of the last two Republican caucuses&comma; former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee in 2008 and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum in 2012&comma; but neither was the eventual nominee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a news conference after his appearance&comma; Mr Trump did not apologise but tried to clarify his remarks about Mr McCain&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If a person is captured&comma; they’re a hero as far as I’m concerned&period; I don’t like the job John McCain is doing in the Senate because he is not taking care of our veterans&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump said he avoided service in the Vietnam war through student deferments and a medical deferment&comma; then said he did not serve because &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I was not a big fan of the Vietnam war”&period; He added he was not an anti-war protester&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several national polls show Mr Trump leading the crowded Republican presidential field – with 15 candidates and counting – with former Florida governor Jeb Bush and Wisconsin governor Scott Walker also in the top tier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But despite his strong showing in the polls – which should secure him a spot in the first Republican presidential debate next month – he is still considered a long shot for the nomination&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The comments about Mr McCain drew rapid criticism from other 2016 Republican hopefuls&period; 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