US Senator Graham offered military support for Israeli war on Lebanon, new footage shows Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 07/27/2026 - 18:51 A loud and proud interventionist, Lindsey Graham's funeral is scheduled for Tuesday Former US Senator Lindsey Graham waves to reporters after his meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, Ukraine on 10 July 2026 (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters) Off Just one day before his funeral is set to take place in Washington, DC, video footage has emerged showing a gleeful Senator Lindsey Graham rejoicing at the launch of the US-Israeli war on Iran, and even single-handedly offering US military involvement to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his war on Lebanon. The clips are from British filmmaker Alex Holder, who has been following Graham for the last three years for a documentary on his relationship with President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Holder appears to have been granted access to staff meetings on Capitol Hill as well as discussions Graham had with national and foreign leaders, including the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
How long have we been pushing this?" Graham is seen asking members of his office in one clip, as he watched Trump give remarks to the press five days into the launch of the war on Iran. "[Trump] loves blowing stuff up," Graham said. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "There are a lot of people inside that didn't want to do it.
President Trump, when he gets into the zone, he listens, asks good questions. He's been a great wartime president," he added. "I said last last night that Trump and Bibi are like Roosevelt and Churchill.
I mean, they're the right two guys to to confront this evil." In another clip, Graham is again seen in his office, having dialed Netanyahu and put him on speakerphone. Glad to be your friend," he began the call. "I'm going to meet with the president this weekend.
I'm going down to Doral," he said, referencing Trump's golf club in Florida. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "I'm going to try to get him to join with y'all in Lebanon to maybe fly some with you. Would you like that?" Graham asked, in a stunning unilateral offer for US military intervention in Leb…
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