Filmmaker Alex Holder released footage from over 400 hours of documentary material chronicling Senator Lindsey Graham’s activities over the past three years. The Wall Street Journal obtained recent excerpts from this collection, which captured Graham’s reactions and private conversations regarding military conflicts in the Middle East.
In footage dated March 3, shortly after the US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, Graham expressed enthusiasm about the conflict’s initiation. He stated he had persuaded Trump to authorize the military action despite opposition from others within the president’s circle. Graham characterized the relationship between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as comparable to the World War II partnership between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He praised Trump’s conduct during the conflict, noting the absence of controversial social media posts and describing the president as functioning effectively in a wartime capacity.
A separate section of footage captured a telephone conversation between Graham and Netanyahu on March 4, in which Graham indicated his intention to encourage Trump to support Israeli military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu initially appeared receptive but advised delaying such action, stating that Israel was concentrating on Iran and that threatening Hezbollah without following through could escalate the situation unnecessarily.
According to the Wall Street Journal, later footage from June showed Graham expressing concern about a preliminary ceasefire agreement Trump had negotiated with Iran, suggesting the president was allowing momentum to diminish. Graham died on July 11 at age 71. Trump and Netanyahu were among those attending his funeral.
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