{"id":7080,"date":"2026-07-13T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2026-07-13T02:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:04:00","slug":"u-s-president-trump-pays-emotional-tribute-to-senator-lindsey-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=7080","title":{"rendered":"U.S. President Trump Pays Emotional Tribute to Senator Lindsey Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Washington, D.C. | July 12, 2026 \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump expressed deep sorrow over the death of longtime Republican ally Lindsey Graham, describing him as &#8220;a true American patriot&#8221; and one of the finest senators he had ever known.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">In a public tribute, Trump said he had spoken with Graham only hours before his death and was shocked by the sudden news. According to Trump, Graham mentioned he was &#8220;feeling a little tired,&#8221; but there was no indication that his condition was life-threatening. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Trump praised Graham&#8217;s decades of public service, unwavering commitment to the United States, and strong leadership on national security and foreign policy. He said Graham was &#8220;like family&#8221; and that his passing was a tremendous loss for the Republican Party and the nation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Senator Graham, 71, died following what his office described as a &#8220;brief and sudden illness.&#8221; His death prompted tributes from political leaders across the United States and around the world, recognizing his long Senate career and influence on American foreign policy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Trump extended his condolences to Graham&#8217;s family, friends, staff, and the people of South Carolina, saying his legacy of public service and dedication to America would be remembered for generations.\u00a0<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260712_170219_172.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. | July 12, 2026 \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump expressed deep sorrow over the death of longtime Republican ally Lindsey Graham, describing him as &#8220;a true American patriot&#8221; and one of the finest senators he had ever known. In a public tribute, Trump said he had spoken with Graham only hours before his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Dofoto_20260712_170127981-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}