Trump Reveals What He, Graham Spoke About on ‘Final Call’ Hours Before Death

call. I don’t know exactly, but I got a message about 1 o’clock in the morning from one of the people in his office that he had passed away. I said, “You gotta…I just can’t believe it.” He was like a member of the family to me. It’s very tough, actually. It’s amazing.

He was such an advocate — he was, you know, if he wanted to get something…and you know, he had a unique ability; he was able to deal with Democrats and Repub — if I had a problem, a real problem, I wouldn’t often ask, but if I had a problem with a Democrat, he could work it out. He was a great — he was a great politician, actually.

Graham, 71, reportedly passed suddenly from a “cardiac arrest.”

Graham was a steadfast conservative voice on national security and one of President Trump’s closest allies in Congress.