President Donald Trump appeared Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press as well as CNN’s State of the Union to pay tribute to Senator Lindsey Graham after the South Carolina Republican died unexpectedly late Saturday.
The president made the last-minute arrangement to call into the program after Graham’s death was announced just after 2 a.m. Sunday. Graham was originally slated to appear as one of the program’s guests this week, and made frequent appearances on the show over the decades. NBC’s Kristen Welker, the program’s moderator, noted that it was to be Graham’s 64th appearance on the show Sunday.
