{"id":3086,"date":"2026-07-12T14:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:39:22","slug":"trump-spoke-to-lindsey-graham-before-death-heres-what-president-said-in-tribute-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3086","title":{"rendered":"Trump spoke to Lindsey Graham before death. Here\u2019s what president said in tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump said he spoke with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham shortly before his death in an interview on Meet the Press on Sunday morning where he praised the political career of South Carolina\u2019s influential senior senator.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3085\">Trump spoke to Lindsey Graham before death. Here\u2019s what president said in tribute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Graham died Saturday evening after a \u201cbrief and sudden illness,\u201d his office announced early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he was just going to live forever, and it didn\u2019t work out that way,\u201d Trump said in the phone interview.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Trump said Graham called him in the early evening Saturday, and the two spoke about policy. Graham \u201csounded great\u201d but was a little tired after traveling back from Ukraine, Trump said. Around 1 a.m., a member of Graham\u2019s staff called Trump to tell him his friend and political ally died.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, you know, \u2018I feel good, but I\u2019m tired,\u2019 \u201d Trump said. \u201cHe was fine. I knew him. I knew him well. He would let you know if he wasn\u2019t feeling well. He had days where he didn\u2019t feel so well, and he\u2019d let you know about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Trump, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott spoke on the NBC show Sunday morning at 9 a.m. about Graham.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Graham was scheduled to appear on Meet the Press Sunday morning, according to a news release sent out Friday afternoon. It would have been his 64th appearance on the show, host Kristen Welker said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOvernight, the United States lost one of its most influential and consequential senators,\u201d Welker said at the beginning of the show Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3083\">Trump\u2019s approval rating drops among white working-class voters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Graham and Trump opposed one another in 2016 while running for president. But in the years that followed, the two became close political allies.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Graham loved being a politician and many of his colleagues liked him, Trump said. Trump endorsed his reelection bid for the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said the reason I\u2019m endorsing you is because I got to make sure you win,\u201d Trump said Sunday. \u201cBecause if you didn\u2019t win, I don\u2019t think you could handle life. I really don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t imagine him doing anything else,\u201d the president continued. \u201cI said, \u2018if you weren\u2019t a U.S. senator, I don\u2019t know if he could live very long,\u2019 and look what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Graham was a great politician and good at rallying support, Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a tough one to lose,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was great. He was unique in every way, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Trump declined to name who he\u2019d like to see succeed Graham, though he had someone in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3081\">Panic grips Ionis Pharmaceuticals investors amid bad news spree<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s too soon with Lindsey,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump says he spoke with Sen. 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