‘One of the greatest’: Trump remembers US Sen. Lindsey Graham

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 1,088

Last Updated: 5 days, 9 hours ago

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President Donald Trump remembered the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham as an American idealist, a good golf buddy and “one of the great figures in Senate history” during a memorial service Tuesday in the nation’s capital.

Graham died suddenly July 11, two days after his 71st birthday, of a tear in his aorta. The two-hour, invitation-only service at the Washington National Cathedral was the second commemoration of Graham’s life Tuesday, after colleagues spoke …

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