Iranian newspapers featured Senator Lindsey Graham's death on their front pages. Some publications issued veiled warnings directed at the US and its leaders. One newspaper described Graham as the "Merchant of Death" following his sudden illness.
State media celebrated his passing, calling him "sent to hell." These remarks fueled speculation among some supporters of President Trump's movement. The South Carolina Republican was Ukraine’s most influential champion inside President Trump’s mostly “America First” political orbit. A spokesman for the 71-year-old South Carolina senator says initial findings suggest Graham's cause of death was related to his heart.
WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies after Trump became president, has died, his office announced on Sunday. The senator's career was marked by a willingness to adapt to America's dramatically changing political climate, writes the BBC's North America correspondent.
President Trump’s key ally died on July 11 after a brief and sudden illness, his office said Graham, a prominent Republican voice on foreign policy, had recently returned from Ukraine, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. Lindsey Graham, the US senator and prominent ally of Donald Trump, has died.
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