President-elect Trump and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., are on speaking terms, despite engaging in a war of words throughout the 2016 election cycle.

McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee that will hold hearings on retired Marine Gen. James Mattis’ nomination to lead the Defense Department, has spoken with Trump twice since the election. “We talked about nominations and people for jobs, particularly like Mattis,” McCain told the Washington Examiner on Thursday.