Trump and McCain on collision course
After a campaign of insults and a withdrawal of support, the two are poised to clash over Russia and torture.
By Austin Wright
12/13/16 05:11 AM EST
Donald Trump went out of his way during the campaign to antagonize and insult John McCain. The president-elect may soon come to regret that decision.
The fireworks over Russian interference in the presidential election made clear McCain will be the rare Republican politician willing to stand up to the soon-to-be Republican president. Having just secured his sixth and probably final term, the 80-year-old McCain has little to lose as he leads the charge for a wide-ranging investigation into Russian cyberattacks.
It’s not just their wildly divergent views on Russia that the two could clash over. As chairman of the Armed Services Committee, McCain will wield enormous sway over Trump’s Pentagon, with the ability to derail Defense Department nominees and an outsize voice in shaping the department’s annual budget.
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