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At the funeral of former Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), President Donald Trump acknowledged that he 'shouldn't have' shared Graham's personal cell phone number during a 2016 Republican primary rally. The incident occurred after Graham had called Trump a 'jackass' in 2015. Trump joked that Graham's phone 'exploded' with calls, prompting Graham to destroy the device on video. Despite the rocky start, Trump described the episode as the 'beginning of a friendship,' noting that Graham called him frequently over the next decade. The article, published by Forbes on July 28, 2026, is a breaking story covering Trump's lightly apologetic remarks at the memorial for the late senator, who later became a close ally.
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President Donald Trump addressed the rocky start to his relationship with former Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), acknowledging at the late senator’s funeral he “shouldn’t have” shared Graham’s personal phone number at a rally during the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Trump sounded lightly apologetic at the memorial for the senator who later became his “great friend.”
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- Reacting after Graham called Trump a “jacka–” in 2015, Trump said he “did something that I shouldn’t have done — I shared his personal cell phone number with the millions of people that happened to be watching that particular day, as I made a speech, a very important speech.”
- Trump joked that Graham’s phone “exploded” after the reveal—prompting Graham to destroy the device a day later on video.
- Trump said the incident was actually the “beginning of a friendship,” noting “it was Lindsey who had the last laugh, because while I blew up his phone all for one day, we became great friends and Lindsey did not stop calling me for the next 10 years.”
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Forbes - BusinessWestern
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Trump Admits at Lindsey Graham's Funeral He 'Shouldn't Have' Shared His Phone Number