He completely reversed his early statements.
AND, it is fine if he wanted to be clear that he was not speaking of all vets, when he was attacking McCain, even though he earlier words could be applied to many other people besides McCain.
Which is what he sought to make sure people did not accuse him of, of looking at all POWs that way
Do you admit that Trump had valid reason to snap back at McCain after the way McCain insulted Trump's supporters?
Why do I find it shocking that I having this discussion with a grown adult? I used to have this same discussion with my kids "well, he/she did it first". They are now 17 and 24 and know that such an argument is stupid. He did what he did, there is no one to blame but him. He choose how to respond.
1. Which is fine, do you not agree?
2. Who started a fight is relevant. THe people that want to pretend it is not, are generally those that support the attack.