--- title: Graham: Trump's John McCain Attack 'Pisses Me Off to No End' description: South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Trump's attack on John McCain "pisses him off to no end" in a new interview canonical: https://time.com/5382583/john-mccain-trump-attack-lindsey-graham/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-30T13:21:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T21:17:54.663Z article:section: Politics og:title: Lindsey Graham: Trump's Attack on John McCain 'Pisses Me Off to No End' og:description: The South Carolina senator said Trump's handling of McCain's death was "disturbing" og:url: https://time.com/5382583/john-mccain-trump-attack-lindsey-graham/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb41b605cdf4540fb/6988dfa0bc6cfc1bf43e3458/graham-cassidy-gop-obamacare.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Senate Leadership Hold News Conferences Following Weekly Policy Luncheon Meetings og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lindsey Graham: Trump's Attack on John McCain 'Pisses Me Off to No End' twitter:description: The South Carolina senator said Trump's handling of McCain's death was "disturbing" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb41b605cdf4540fb/6988dfa0bc6cfc1bf43e3458/graham-cassidy-gop-obamacare.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Attack on John McCain 'Pisses Me Off to No End,' Sen. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 30, 2018 1:21 PM UTC  Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, listens during a news conference after a Republican policy meeting luncheon at the U.S. Capitol. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, listens during a news conference after a Republican policy meeting luncheon at the U.S. Capitol. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 30, 2018 1:21 PM UTC South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham says President Donald Trump’s history of attacks on the late Arizona Sen. John McCain bother him “greatly.” “It pisses me off to no end, and I let the president know it,” Graham, McCain’s longtime friend, said on [_CBS This Morning_](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey-graham-john-mccain-trump-comments-on-senator-pisses-me-off-to-no-end/?linkId=56209266). Trump and McCain had a [long running feud](http://time.com/4993304/john-mccain-donald-trump-feud-remarks/) that extended past the Arizona Republican’s death. Trump in 2015 said McCain, who was a prisoner of war for more than five years during the Vietnam War, was “not a war hero.” As the nation mourned McCain’s passing, Trump remained mostly silent, only recognizing the Senator’s “service to our country” and [re-lowering the White House flag](http://time.com/5379952/trump-mccain-white-house-flag/) on Monday after flying it at full staff earlier in the day. Graham, a Republican, said that while he’s still open to working with Trump, he’s bothered by the way the president has dealt McCain’s death. “The way he’s handled the passing of John is just, was disturbing,” he said. “I am not going to give up on the idea of working with this president. 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