Donald Trump to deliver tribute during Lindsey Graham’s funeral service – US politics live

Donald Trump to present tribute during Lindsey Graham's ceremonial service

The precocious South Carolina Republican legislator Lindsey Graham will beryllium eulogised during memorial services crossed Washington later today.

Graham, who died abruptly connected 11 July, will beryllium recognised pinch a ceremonial successful nan Rotunda of nan Capital and honored by his chap senators.

Following nan ceremony, Graham’s remains will beryllium transported to nan Washington National Cathedral for a ceremonial work starting astatine 2:00pm, which will see a tribute from nan US president, Donald Trump, according to his office.

Graham’s remains will beryllium taken to his location authorities of South Carolina for a 2nd work connected Wednesday. Members of nan nationalist tin position some ceremonies via livestream.

Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump speak pinch reporters connected Air Force One successful January 2026. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

The Israeli premier minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and nan Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will be Tuesday’s ceremonial and are scheduled to meet Trump astatine a clip erstwhile US argumentation towards nan wars successful Iran and Ukraine is in a authorities of flux.

Zelenskyy is expected to push for caller supplies of anti-ballistic missiles during his visit, arsenic good arsenic to talk ways of restarting stiff talks connected ending nan war, a elder Ukrainian charismatic told nan AFP news agency.

Graham met Zelenskyy successful nan Ukrainian superior of Kyiv, nan time earlier his death, and had been successful nan process of advancing a Senate measure to fortify sanctions connected Russia. He was a staunch protagonist of Ukraine, reportedly visiting nan state astatine slightest 10 times since Russia launched its full-scale penetration successful February 2022.

Graham, who was a cheerleader for George W Bush’s warfare successful Iraq, besides staunchly backed Israel successful nan US legislature moreover erstwhile it was carrying retired what is wide considered to beryllium a genocide against nan Palestinian organization of Gaza. He besides applauded Trump’s determination to onslaught Iranian atomic sites past twelvemonth and to motorboat an unprovoked warfare against Iran successful precocious February alongside Israel.