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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Eulogizing Lindsey Graham, Trump notes early enmity before becoming ‘great friends’
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WASHINGTON — Eulogizing the late Republican senator Lindsey Graham during a memorial service at Washington’s National Cathedral, US President Donald Trump recalls how the pair didn’t get off on the right foot.
“Back in 2016, Lindsey said something rather nasty on his flight [campaign] to become the next president of the United States,” Trump recalls.
President Trump eulogized the late Sen. Lindsey Graham at a funeral service at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday, recalling a viral moment during the 2016 presidential campaign when Trump publicly shared Graham's cell phone number.
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“So naturally, I did something that I shouldn’t have done. I shared his personal cell phone number with the millions of people that happened to be watching that particular day,” he quips.
“And I remember the number. It was 202-228-0292 — if anybody wants to give it a shot,” says Trump, as laughs fill the entire church.
“But it was Lindsey who had the last laugh because while I blew up his phone for one day, we became great friends, and Lindsey did not stop calling me for the next 10 years,” Trump adds.
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