Donald Trump and world leaders attend Lindsey Graham’s funeral

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epa13138136 (L-R) US President Donald J. Trump and US Vice President JD Vance, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Eric Trump and Lara Trump be the ceremonial services for the precocious US Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina astatine the Washington National Cathedral successful Washington, DC USA, 28 July 2026. Lindsey Graham, Republican legislator from South Carolina, died earlier this period pursuing a little unwellness astatine the property of 71. EPA/WILL OLIVER

Published On 28 Jul 2026

Hundreds of mourners person paid their respects to the precocious Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

The Republican lawmaker and cardinal state of President Donald Trump unexpectedly died connected July 11.

Graham was elected to the US Senate successful 2002 and was re-elected successful 2008, 2014 and 2020. In 1994, helium was elected to ⁠the US House of Representatives, the little location of the US Congress, for South Carolina’s 3rd legislature district. He precocious served arsenic president of the Senate Budget Committee. Graham besides served arsenic a subordinate of ‌the Senate Committee connected Appropriations, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Committee connected Environment and Public Works.

He was a beardown protagonist of the 2003 US penetration of Iraq and had agelong pushed for subject enactment against Iran.

Graham was a longtime backer of Israel and supported Trump’s ongoing warfare connected Iran. In a planned documentary, Graham told the filmmakers helium “almost cried” aft the US and Israel began strikes connected Iran successful February.

He besides vocally supported Ukraine aft Russia invaded the state successful 2022.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and respective different satellite leaders attended Graham’s ceremonial work connected Tuesday day astatine the Washington National Cathedral successful Washington, DC.

Trump gave remarks, calling Graham a unit successful the satellite and US politics. He called Graham “a beloved friend” and said that helium “died doing the enactment helium was calved to do”.

“For much than 30 years, thing of effect happened successful this superior without Lindsey Graham knowing astir it. Nothing of value happened anyplace successful the satellite without Lindsey Graham having a presumption connected it,” Trump said. “And nary measure became instrumentality successful the astir exceptional republic successful quality past without Lindsey Graham having a accidental successful it.”

He added: “He was a antheral who gave America the afloat measurement of his bully and mighty bosom until that bosom itself conscionable gave out.”

epa13138139 (L-R) US President Donald J. Trump, US Vice President JD Vance, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Eric Trump and Lara Trump be the ceremonial services for the precocious US Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina astatine the Washington National Cathedral successful Washington, DC USA, 28 July 2026. Lindsey Graham, Republican legislator from South Carolina, died earlier this period pursuing a little unwellness astatine the property of 71. EPA/WILL OLIVER

President Donald Trump speaks astatine the ceremonial of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., astatine the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, successful Washington. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

(L/R) US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trump's lad Eric Trump be the ceremonial work for US Senator Lindsey Graham astatine the Washington National Cathedral successful Washington, DC, connected July 28, 2026.

President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaks with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, earlier the ceremonial work for Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Tuesday July 28, 2026, astatine the Washington National Cathedral successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaks to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, earlier the ceremonial of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Tuesday July 28, 2026, astatine the Washington National Cathedral successful Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

epa13138067 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (C), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Finnish President Alexander Stubb (C-L) and different guests be the ceremonial services for the precocious US Senator Lindsey Graham astatine the Washington National Cathedral successful Washington, DC USA, 28 July 2026. Lindsey Graham, Republican legislator from South Carolina, died earlier this period pursuing a little unwellness astatine the property of 71. EPA/WILL OLIVER

Mourners be the ceremonial work for precocious U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) astatine Washington National Cathedral successful Washington, D.C., U.S., July 28, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

U.S. Senator Darline Graham (R-SC), sister of precocious U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), walks connected the time of the ceremonial work for precocious U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) astatine Washington National Cathedral successful Washington, D.C., U.S., July 28, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

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