Lindsey Graham’s totally soulless birthday message to Trump

Lindsey Graham is still a Donald Trump sycophant through and through, as evidenced by his birthday message to the former president and convicted felon.

The post on X (formerly Twitter) seemed exaggerated, especially since Graham praised Trump’s golf game.

But a quick look behind the scenes reveals that the South Carolina senator thought his initial message didn’t go far enough — and he quickly changed the message to make sure to add the word “president” before Trump’s name.

Graham left being an early critic of Trump to achieve Marilyn Monroe’s birthday song to John F. Kennedy in the form of a social media post. He supported Trump almost every step of the way, to the point of becoming a little too much. involved in the results of the 2020 Georgian presidential election and refusing to accept the 2024 results if Trump doesn’t win. He went out of his way to justify Trump’s mishandling of classified documents, criticized the Manhattan district attorney’s office long before Trump was indicted on secrecy charges, and cried scandal on implicating Trump as having done something wrong on January 6, 2021.

It’s far from the famous Graham quote from 2016: “If we nominate Trump, we will be destroyed…and we will deserve it.” In fact, before Trump came to the White House, Graham was a relatively moderate in the Senate, voting to confirm two of Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominees, supporting legislation to create a legal path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and even working on some proposals to combat climate change.

But as soon as Trump consolidated himself in the Oval Office, Graham put his misgivings aside and became Trump’s representative. phone buddy, where they discussed their mutual love of golf. At one point, Graham even promotes Trump’s golf course on his Twitter account. We might forget that Trump tweeted Graham’s message. personal telephone number to the public during his campaign in 2015.