{"id":5140,"date":"2026-07-28T19:38:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2026-07-28T19:38:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:38:48","slug":"a-true-american-original-trump-lionizes-lindsey-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=5140","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A true American original\u2019: Trump lionizes Lindsey Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump hailed Sen. Lindsey Graham as \u201ca true American original,\u201d leading the country in memorializing the late lawmaker during Tuesday\u2019s funeral service in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=5138\">New Jersey moves to boot 4,500 noncitizens from voter rolls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was the first person to make you laugh and one of the last people that you\u2019d really ever want to fight. These were the traits that made him into one of the great figures in Senate history,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>The senator died on July 11 at age 71 of heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump, with whom Mr. Graham forged a surprising and fruitful alliance, called him \u201ca legend\u201d and \u201ca giant of the United States Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to a packed service at Washington National Cathedral, though often addressed his remarks personally to Mr. Graham\u2019s sister, Darline, who was appointed to fill her late brother\u2019s South Carolina seat.<\/p>\n<p>The president, reading from prepared remarks, said everybody loved Mr. Graham \u2014 then paused and said he had to depart from the written speech.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=5137\">Iran-linked outlet releases video urging assassination of Melania Trump, threatens Barron<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everybody,\u201d he ad-libbed. \u201cHe was a tough cookie, Darline. But he was beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president then went on: \u201cFor more than 30 years, nothing of consequence happened in this capital without Lindsey Graham knowing about it. Nothing of significance happened anywhere in the world without Lindsey Graham having a view on it. And no bill became a law in the most exceptional republic in human history without Lindsey Graham having a say in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He recalled the friendship, which emerged after the two men battled for the GOP\u2019s presidential nomination in 2016. At one point during the campaign, Mr. Trump, furious at Mr. Graham, publicly revealed the senator\u2019s personal cell number.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Mr. Trump admitted it was \u201csomething I shouldn\u2019t have done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember the number \u2014 202-228-0292 \u2014 if anybody wants to give it a shot,\u201d he said, drawing laughter from the congregation. \u201cIt was Lindsey who had the last laugh because while it blew up his phone for one day, we became great friends, and Lindsey did not stop calling me for the next 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=5135\">While Iran reels from aerial attacks, North Korea sits safe in its nuclear fortress<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump hailed Sen. 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