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GOP senator warns leaders of Iran and Cuba after US captures Venezuela’s Maduro
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US Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, December 21, 2025. (AP/Maya Levin)
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, an ally of US President Donald Trump, tells the Axios news site that the leaders of Iran and Cuba should be concerned following the American military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
“There is a new sheriff in town. He has put life into the Monroe Doctrine,” Graham says. “If I were the leader of Iran, I would go pray in the mosque.”
Graham also says “all options will be on the table” when pressed if there could be further strikes in Venezuela.
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