John McCain is only seen as a war hero because he was taken prisoner in the Vietnam War, billionaire and Republican presidential contender Donald Trump said, angering fellow GOP party members.br br “He’s not a war hero,” Trump said after the moderator of the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, used the term to describe McCain. br br “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured,” the real estate mogul explained.