How Trump's wild 8-day feud involving Gold Star families and a Florida congresswoman unfolded

It's been a wild eight days as President Donald Trump has feuded with a Florida congresswoman and a Gold Star family.

And the controversy, which has yet to dwindle, began when Trump was asked a week ago why he hadn't mentioned anything about an early-October ambush in Niger that led to the deaths of four US servicemembers.

From that question stemmed days of back-and-forth between Trump, his chief of staff John Kelly, aides of past presidents, a member of Congress, former members of the military, and Gold Star families. The controversy has continued almost uninterrupted for more than a full week.

Here's how the whole ordeal unfolded: