--- title: Donald Trump Made Lindsey Graham Destroy His Cell Phone description: Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham filmed a video of himself destroying his cell phone after Donald Trump gave out his number. canonical: https://time.com/3968024/donald-trump-lindsey-graham-cell-phone/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-22T17:34:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-17T16:37:53.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch What Donald Trump Made Lindsey Graham Do to His Phone og:description: Drastic measures after Trump gave his number to everyone og:url: https://time.com/3968024/donald-trump-lindsey-graham-cell-phone/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch What Donald Trump Made Lindsey Graham Do to His Phone twitter:description: Drastic measures after Trump gave his number to everyone twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch What Donald Trump Made Lindsey Graham Do to His Phone > Sponsored content. 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Senator John McCain has said that Donald Trump does not need to apologize to him, but to those who have “sacrificed in conflict”_ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Updated: Jan 17, 2024 4:37 PM UTCPublished: Jul 22, 2015 5:34 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Updated: Jan 17, 2024 4:37 PM UTCPublished: Jul 22, 2015 5:34 PM UTC What do you do with your phone after Donald Trump gives out your cell phone number? Republican presidential candidate and noted flip-phone user Lindsey Graham teamed up with IJ Review to explore all the ways to destroy the device, from blending it with Red Bull to smacking it with a golf club. “Or if all else fails, you can always give your number to The Donald,” the South Carolina senator says to the camera, chucking another flip phone at a wall, with the message “this is for all the veterans.” Trump read Graham’s personal cell phone number on live television at an event in South Carolina on Tuesday, hours after Graham called him a “jackass” for suggesting that Sen. John McCain was not a war hero because he was captured. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:03] I think he may owe an apology to the families [00:08] of those who have sacrificed in conflict. He's [00:14] a war hero because he was captured. I like people [00:17] who weren't captured. Donald Trump owes [00:21] every American veteran, and in particular, John [00:25] McCain, an apology. He crossed a line today that [00:30] will offend most everyone that I know. This [00:38] is not just an insult to John McCain who clearly is a war [00:41] hero and a great man, But it's an insult to all POW's. [00:44] We should never, ever, ever question the [00:49] patriotism and the heroism of someone like John [00:51] McCain. 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