Trump in Terror over Lindsey Graham Death
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Why is Donald Trump described as panicking over Lindsey Graham’s sudden death?
Donald Trump is panicking over Lindsey Graham's sudden death. Donald Trump was the last person to speak with Lindsey Graham minutes before Lindsey Graham died. Kash Patel over at the FBI says the FBI is putting Lots of resources into assisting in connection with the death of Lindsey Graham. Here is what Donald Trump just said. He called in to meet the press and he said that he was the last person to speak with Lindsey Graham before Lindsey Graham died minutes before the death. Here, play this clip.
And just to make that point, I mean, authorities were called to his home responding to initial reports of a cardiac arrest. Again, his office saying a brief and sudden illness. Do you have any more details about that? I would think it would be that because when I spoke to him, it could have been minutes before based on the fact that I heard about the call, whatever time that was, so it was shortly before. But it had to be something like that because he was, other than being tired, he was fine. And so it had to be something like that that would just be a quick end. And maybe that's not the worst way to go.
Then Donald Trump called into CNN. He spoke with Jake Tapper and Jake Tapper's like, could we just also speak for a moment about the war with Iran? The United States has escalated. Iran responded and targeted numerous American military bases and struck those bases yesterday. So are you back at war with Iran? Who controls the straight of Hormuz? And then Donald Trump's like, out of respect for Lindsay, I can't talk about this at all. I really don't want to have any discussions about what's going on with the war, whether the Strait of Hormuz is closed. Watch what Donald Trump says here. Play this clip.
Yeah, obviously was very supportive of the strikes against Iran. The U.S. and Iran have been engaging back and forth in strikes over the last few days and overnight. Are we back at war? And who controls the Strait of Hormuz? Well, out of respect for Lindsay, I'm not talking about that. We hit them very hard last night. So I don't want to talk about it, but I will say we hit them very hard last night. We had a deal with them yesterday. They were giving up everything. And then all of a sudden, two hours after that, they hit a ship with a drone. And I said, these people, there's something wrong with them. But I'm talking about a man who had nothing wrong with him, and that's Lindsey Graham.
And to his credit, Jake Tapper continues to press Donald Trump and says, I understand that that's what you want to do, but the American people are very scared right now and are suffering right now and are very confused. And we need to know what the hell is going on with this never-ending war, with what you're doing with Netanyahu. What's going on here? So Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz is closed and all of the shipping data suggests it is indeed closed. Is that true? Donald Trump then goes, it's opened as far as I'm concerned. Don't talk about it. Remember Donald Trump during COVID? If you don't test, you don't know there's cases. If you don't talk about it, let's just pretend the Strait of Hormuz is open.
And as I'll just show you in a little bit, Donald Trump then had CENTCOM publish messages saying the Strait of Hormuz is open. But let's just listen to what he says here. Play this clip.
Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed. Is that true, Mr. President? It's open as far as we're concerned. Don't talk about it. Talk about the reason that you asked me to speak. Okay.
What did Trump claim about his last conversation with Lindsey Graham and the FBI response?
We appreciate your time, sir. Before I let you go, is there any other final word that you want the American people to know about Lindsey Graham? No, I think his finest moment was his defense of Brett Kavanaugh, who's a terrific guy. And was treated very, very unfairly by the Democrats. Very unfair. I've never seen anything like it. Maybe the worst I've ever seen anyone treated. That includes me. Well, maybe not me. But it includes just about everybody. He was treated so unfairly. And Lindsey, as you remember, had that moment. And, you know, I'll tell you, Jake, I think it was the top ten, maybe a top five moment in the history of the Senate.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why is Donald Trump described as panicking over Lindsey Graham’s sudden death?
0:00–3:46
2
What did Trump claim about his last conversation with Lindsey Graham and the FBI response?
3:46–4:55
3
How did Trump avoid talking about the Iran conflict during his CNN interview?
4:55–12:03
4
What did Trump say about strikes on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz status?
12:03–29:58