now he runs the place. lindsey graham, a then campaign rival of trump, laid out his take on the future president. >> i'm not going to try to get into the mind of donald trump because i don't think there's a whole lot of space there. i think he's a kook. i think he's crazy. i think he's unfit for office. >> but once trump won office graham became a key senate ally and a vocal defender of trump. >> what concerns me about the american press is this endless, endless attempt to label the guy as some kind of kook, not fit to be president. >> senator graham? >> i think he's a kook. >> i had to do that. and senator ted cruz. he had this to say about trump when trump attacked his wife on twitter. labeled him lying ted and insinuated with absolutely no proof that cruz's father had