McCain thinks Trump will face foreign crisis early in presidency
By John Bresnahan
01/27/17 04:28 PM EST
Updated 01/27/17 05:11 PM EST
Arizona Sen. John McCain told Republican lawmakers that President Donald Trump is likely to face a foreign crisis early in his presidency, and that Congress needs to back up the new commander in chief.
"I think President Trump will probably be tested by one or more of these forces around the world. That would be the North Koreans, the Chinese, the Iranians or the Russians," McCain — chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee—- told members and senators during a closed-door briefing on national security. A recording of McCain's remarks were provided anonymously to POLITICO and other news organizations.
McCain added: "I hope that all of us will support a response which is proportionate. It will also tell [Russian President] Vladimir Putin and the ayatollahs and the Chinese that there's a new team in town."
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