Newly-uncovered footage offers behind-the-scenes look at Lindsey Graham's career
Unreleased documentary footage reveals the late Senator Lindsey Graham privately urged Donald Trump and foreign leaders to take aggressive military action against Iran. The footage shows Graham's hawkish stance, which occasionally exceeded the recommendations of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Why it matters
The revelations provide new insight into the private foreign policy influence of a prominent US senator and his relationship with international leaders regarding Middle East conflicts.
Unreleased documentary footage shows that the late US senator Lindsey Graham spent years privately pressing US President Donald Trump and foreign leaders to overthrow Iran's regime, at times advocating military action that went beyond what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was prepared to support, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.One of the exchanges captured in the footage occurred on March 4, when Graham was planning to travel to Florida to persuade Trump to bring the US into Israel's campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon while the Iran war was underway.Netanyahu urged Graham not to expand the campaign too quickly, warning that a full-scale offensive would leave Hezbollah with no reason to exercise restraint against Israel.
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