Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. gave a not-so-subtle hint Monday regarding who he thinks will win in November between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Spoiler alert: It’s not Trump.
During an address before the New American Security’s conference, Graham said that the next president will need to deal with cuts put into place by sequestration, adding that that person will be “most likely she.” Clinton is vying to be the first woman elected president of the United States.
“The next president, whoever he or she — most likely she — is going to be, needs to get these defense cuts set aside,” Graham said. “We need to buy back sequestration following the formula of the supercommittee where you have some revenue to buy back sequestration, defense and non-defense.”
He went on to hit Trump for his worldview on foreign policy, comparing it to other views within the Republican Party, specifically mentioning his Senate colleagues John McCain and Rand Paul.
“The bottom line: I think there’s a fight within the Republican Party for who we are on foreign policy, from the Rand Paul view to the Lindsey Graham, John McCain view,” the South Carolina senator said. “And Trump’s somewhere out there, somewhere saying something, I don’t know where he’s at. So, so, I think there’s a more traditional view of foreign policy emerging on the Republican side. It’s one of the reasons I wanted to run for president.”
The former presidential candidate has upped his criticism of Trump in recent weeks, particularly after the real estate mogul’s controversial remarks about Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is the judge presiding over the cases involving Trump University.
Graham said almost two weeks ago that he won’t be supporting Trump, joining a handful of his senate colleagues (Ben Sasse, Mike Lee and Mark Kirk) in doing so. He also rebuked Trump’s response to the attack in Orlando, Fla., last week, calling his comments “highly offensive”.
