Lindsey Graham Donald Trump reportedly spoke to him in the final hours before his death, BNO News reports. The two spoke on the phone on the evening of Saturday, July 11, with Graham updating the president on his recent trip to Ukraine and the Russia sanctions bill he hopes the Senate will vote on.
On the other hand, Trump told Graham that he was preparing to launch new strikes against Iran after the attack on an Iranian merchant ship. Strait of Hormuz.
A person who spoke to Graham afterward said he wasn’t feeling well. When urged to seek medical attention, he said he would do so after a Sunday morning appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” which had been scheduled.
“I can’t die now,” Graham reportedly joked. “I still need to impose sanctions on Russia, solve the Iran problem, and normalize Israel and Saudi Arabia.”
He died shortly after, Axios reported.
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Graham’s office announced his death in a post.
“On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away following a brief and sudden illness,” his office said in a statement. Statement about X. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates the prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this extremely difficult time.”
Graham’s office later said preliminary findings from the Washington Medical Examiner’s Office found he suffered an aortic dissection, in which the lining of the aorta tears. According to the statement, this is caused by arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Tearing usually occurs with high blood pressure.
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president trump card Remember Graham from his post on The Truth Society. “Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest men and senators I have ever known, has passed away! He was a constant worker and a true American patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed! Details and arrangements below. So sad!” Trump wrote.
Graham initially emerged as one of Trump’s most vocal Republican critics. Eventually, however, he became a close ally and frequent defender of the President of the United States.
