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Graham’s Scathing Verdict on Trump’s Goons Revealed
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- A documentary project titled "Lindsey’s Game" reveals late Senator Lindsey Graham privately doubted the effectiveness of President Trump’s Middle East negotiators, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, in ending the war with Iran.
- In March footage, Graham expressed to Jake Sullivan concerns that Kushner and Witkoff were too conflicted to handle negotiations, suggesting Senator Marco Rubio would be a better choice.
- Despite Kushner and Witkoff’s roles as Trump’s key envoys in Iran talks since February, negotiations have stalled, and the war continues, with some conservatives, including Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, criticizing their effectiveness.
- Graham also voiced frustration over Trump’s June memorandum of understanding with Iran, which Trump later voided, and predicted the war could end within weeks, a hope unfulfilled before Graham’s sudden death in July.
- The relationship between Graham and Trump evolved from rivalry in 2016 to alliance by 2018, but Graham’s private doubts about Trump’s negotiators highlight internal disagreements over the handling of the Iran conflict.
