Donald Trump and other political leaders convened in Washington for the memorial of the long-serving US senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday afternoon, remembering the “swashbuckling” South Carolina Republican as “a true American original” whose embrace of “America first” never softened his advocacy for a staunch interventionist US foreign policy.
Graham, a polarizing figure and one-time rival turned stalwart ally of Trump, was known for championing the US-Israel war on Iran and was a prominent voice in the anti-abortion movement and an unwavering supporter of Israel, serving as one of Capitol Hill’s most outspoken foreign policy hawks.
