Senator Brags About How He Manipulated Trump, 79, Into War

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Daily Beast

Updated Mar. 7 2026 11:46AM EST
Published Mar. 7 2026 11:17AM EST


Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is taking all the credit for pushing President Trump to launch his unauthorized war with Iran. Graham, who has long advocated for going to war with Iran, said he played a word-association game to get Trump, 79, on board with a full-scale war in the Middle East.

“I say Franklin Roosevelt, what do you say?” Graham told the Wall Street Journal, referencing Roosevelt’s famous “You have nothing to fear but fear itself” quote.

Graham noted that he worked for months to get Trump on board with the strikes. Graham first brought up Iran to the president over a round of golf, just after Trump won the 2024 presidential election. He reminded Trump that he had blown up the Obama-era Iranian nuclear deal, and argued that it was now Trump’s moment to shine.

After Trump struck Iran’s nuclear facilities in June, which he had claimed had left them “totally obliterated,” Graham argued to the president that Iran would just continue to build weapons.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/senator-lindsey-graham-brags-about-how-he-manipulated-trump-79-into-war-with-iran/

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As some may have seen me note - this is all a "Lindsey Graham Production".

[Chasstev365]

1. Another one to be sent to The Hague...

[Solly Mack]

2. I loathe that man.

[SunImp]

3. I hope that scumbag never finds peace

[Volaris]

15. I hope somebody

You know what nevermind. Probably will get this post flagged.

[sheshe2]

4. Lindsey is one sick man.

[Nictuku]

5. I can't help but how much and who paid him?

[Volaris]

16. I mean, do you think anybody in this majority isnt Kompram-ised to some extent?

'Kremlinology' requires studying our own goddamn government at this point, no?

[PatSeg]

22. Oh most definitely in Lindsey's case

I can actually remember when he was relatively ordinary and sane. He made some of the most cutting and accurate descriptions of Trump before something or someone got to him.

Whatever the kompromat there is on Lindsey, it must be a doozy. However, he has always been a war hawk as well, which I've found rather odd.

[riversedge]

6. maybe just call the Iran War, the LindseyGraham War!

[RussBLib]

9. hopefully Graham's Dem challenger can capitalize on this

Dr Annie Andrews was down by 4 points at last check. Graham's over-exuberance for war ought to shave a couple of points off his lead, especially if Andrews hits it hard.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[oasis]

25. Dr. Annie Andrews a challenger to Graham's seat!

This is gonna get lively

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. Good. He can be charged with the entire thing.

Not to mention that maybe he didn't think the entire thing through.

Both DC and SC are on the east coast. Easy access.

Is he sure that he wants to be crowing about that?

[travelingthrulife]

20. And doesn't everyone on the ?planet know where the Great Grifter is every weekend?

[IbogaProject]

8. I'm hearing rumors we are getting our asses kicked

That is why T and Kegsbreath are hitting civilians. Once the info gets through I think the markets are going to panic.

[Captain Zero]

10. It's what Alastair Crooke said on Hedges Podcast

On YouTube.
We aren't getting all the news from our fascist captured media.

[hoosierspud]

11. I hope someone will spill the beans on Lindsey.

He has been hiding dirt in his private life way too long. It needs to come out before the election.

[JBTaurus83]

12. Apparently Graham

Is putting himself at the top of assassination lists. I don’t know why you would say all of this in public.

[Bayard]

13. Then you and Donnie will go down hand in hand

Remember when people used to say John McCain kept Lindsay in line? (Even though he did the, "Bomb Iran" song himself.) Graham has become about as cuckoo for cocoa puffs as trump. I have to wonder why Iran, in particular, is such a huge issue for him.

[Deminpenn]

14. Trump is everyone's useful idiot

nt

[surrealAmerican]

17. Graham's the same bloodthirsty ghoul that he always was.

Most people are smart enough not to listen to Lindsey Graham.

[dedl67]

18. The toy yap yap dog sez what?

[Ilsa]

19. Iran, are you listening? It was Lindsey! nt

[Marcuse]

21. Graham didn't say Trump knew the quotation or even who FDR was.

“ Graham, who has long advocated for going to war with Iran, said he played a word-association game to get Trump, 79, on board with a full-scale war in the Middle East. “I say Franklin Roosevelt, what do you say?” Graham told the Wall Street Journal, referencing Roosevelt’s famous “You have nothing to fear but fear itself” quote.

[liberalla]

23. I'm glad he is publicly announcing his culpability and manipulation of the Iran debacle

We wouldn't want him to not receive his just desserts!

[bobalew]

24. Then Lil' Lindsay should

get his tight little butt in basic training,, put on some fatigues, & go join the fighing, since he's so gung ho
. In other words, You first, MoFo!

[BurnDoubt]

26. Couldn't fight his way out of a diaper.

He'd shit himself trying.

[Doodley]

27. Lindsey Graham who once said Trump was a race-baiting xenophobic bigot.