Lindsey Graham Dies Hours After Trump Call Following 10th Ukraine Trip
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 14
Lindsey Graham Dies Hours After Trump Call Following 10th Ukraine Trip
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 14
Summary
Hours after a friendly call with Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham died Saturday after returning from Ankara and Kyiv, where he had met President Volodymyr Zelensky.
That trip capped a run of foreign-policy wins tied to Graham’s influence: Trump backed a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill, endorsed deeper Ukrainian strikes into Russia and agreed to license Patriot interceptor production in Ukraine.
Ankara also brought a mostly positive Trump-NATO meeting, easing European fears he might use the summit to pull back from the alliance.
Graham’s death removes a key hawkish Republican voice in Trump’s orbit, leaving Ukraine and other U.S. allies without one of their most effective advocates inside the president’s circle.