Graham Wants To ‘Make Trump Successful,’ But ‘Not At All Cost’

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is pictured during a Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing for Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's nominee to be a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge for the... Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is pictured during a Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing for Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's nominee to be a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia Circuit on February 5, 2019. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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According to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), there’s a limit to his loyalty to President Donald Trump.

In a brief promo for the latest episode of Axios’ HBO show, Graham explains his relationship with Trump to Axios reporter Jonathan Swan.

Listing off the people who had lost to Trump in 2016, Graham himself included, the Republican senator said he’s “chosen to be reflective” in the aftermath of Trump’s victory.

“I’ve chosen to try to find out how to make Trump successful,” Graham said. “But not at all cost.”

His comments are reflected in his vehement opposition to Trump’s removal of U.S. troops from Syria.

In an interview with televangelist Pat Robertson last week, Graham threatened to become Trump’s “worst nightmare” if he didn’t fix the chaos resulting from U.S. withdrawal in the region.

Watch the promo below:

H/t the Hill.

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  1. Graham has already paid the ‘cost’ of what little honor and integrity he had so I’m not sure what’s next other than electability which I suspect is a cost he will not pay.

    ETA: Loyalty is too precious to pay for anything less than ideas and movements – individuals with their feet of clay are necessarily much less ‘expensive’ – so I’m not exactly sure what Graham is referring to in that vein either. But then, the word may mean something different to Graham, something a bit more basic like, “you scratch my back, I scratch yours.”

  2. Like the cost of his…

    “Reputation, reputation, reputation! Oh, I have lost my reputation!
    I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Othello

  3. Avatar for rondo rondo says:

    Sure thing, Lindsey. Let’s check back on this in a month or so. I predict you will be kneeling before the king again.

  4. FIFY

  5. Trump is successful.
    He is the dumbest fucker ever to hold the title of President of the USA.

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