On expensive Pentagon programs, McCain and Trump just might get along

Published December 20, 2016 4:01am ET



President-elect Trump and the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee may be able to find common ground in 2017 in their condemnation of over-budget defense programs, despite friction between the two big personalities during the campaign.

On the campaign trail, Trump and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., repeatedly butted heads over issues such as torture and the businessman’s criticism of McCain for being captured as a prisoner of war.

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