Lindsey Graham calls President Trump a wartime leader and compares him to Roosevelt and Churchill in new documentary footage
The late Senator Lindsey Graham described President Trump as a great wartime leader in newly released documentary footage. Graham, a prominent war hawk, compared the administration's efforts in the Iran war to the leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. In the footage, Lindsey Graham expressed high praise for the administration's ambitions, calling his own campaign for the war "the best thing I've ever done." However, the documentary also captures moments of private doubt. Graham expressed concerns that President Trump's handpicked negotiators, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, were too conflicted to secure a deal. He suggested that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was better suited for the task. While Graham and President Trump were once rivals, they became close allies during the administration's tenure. The footage provides a rare look at the late senator's geopolitical expertise and his role as a trusted counselor to the administration.