Date: March 7th, 2026 9:04 PM
Author: cannon
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Lindsey Graham’s Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran - WSJ
March 6, 2026 10:00 pm
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham sits at his desk while being interviewed.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) Caroline Gutman for WSJ
Sen. Lindsey Graham successfully lobbied President Trump to bomb Iran, a decision he actively championed.
Graham met with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, who showed President Trump intelligence to persuade him.
Graham is discussing further military interventions in Lebanon and Cuba with Trump, who he says is more confident.
Sen. Lindsey Graham successfully lobbied President Trump to bomb Iran, a decision he actively championed.
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As Lindsey Graham tried to sell Donald Trump on bombing Iran, he liked to play a little word-association game with the president.
“I say Franklin Roosevelt, what do you say?” the Republican senator from South Carolina asked. The correct answer: “You have nothing to fear but fear itself.”
As he ticked through memorable presidential phrases, Graham asked Trump what his phrase would be. Trump said he didn’t know, Graham recalled. “Keep protesting, help is on the way,” Graham suggested, referring to Trump’s social-media post in January urging Iranians to confront their government.
Few people lobbied Trump to undertake the riskiest gambit of his presidency as effectively as the hawkish and persistent Graham, who over a decade has held a sometimes close, sometimes tumultuous relationship with Trump.
Some Democrats and even Republicans point the finger at Graham, who they think goaded Trump into a Middle East conflict with little plan for how the situation will play out long term.
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The senator said he was already talking with Trump about further military interventions in Lebanon and potentially Cuba, which he said would happen soon. He wasn’t particularly concerned about what was next in Iran, he said.
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