JOHN MCCAIN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday [8-29-18] that President Donald Trump called him after he delivered an emotional farewell to Sen. John McCain on the Senate floor, telling the South Carolina Republican he ‘did right by his friend’…During the 2016 campaign, Trump attacked McCain’s record of service, saying the Vietnam veteran was ‘ a war hero’ because he was captured. Trump also blasted McCain for his deciding ‘no’ vote on Republicans’ efforts to partially repeal Obamacare last year. McCain criticized Trump’s policies and politics. He called Trump’s Helsinki news conference with Vladimir Putin “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory.” McCain also made clear he did not want Trump to attend his funeral service…Besides his tribute speech on the Senate floor, Graham will read scripture at McCain’s memorial service at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on Saturday, and give a tribute in Annapolis, Maryland, at the Naval Academy service on Sunday [8-26-18].”
–Veronica Stracqualursi, “Graham says Trump called him after McCain tribute speech on Senate floor,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, August 29, 2018 2:56 pm