{"id":2628829,"date":"2026-07-12T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-i-have-somebody-to-replace-lindsey-graham-after-senators-death\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:12:35","slug":"trump-says-i-have-somebody-to-replace-lindsey-graham-after-senators-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-i-have-somebody-to-replace-lindsey-graham-after-senators-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says &#8216;I have somebody&#8217; to replace Lindsey Graham after senator&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-i-have-somebody-to-replace-lindsey-graham-after-senators-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2628829&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump announced he has a potential replacement in mind for Senator Lindsey Graham following GrahamS sudden death due to a brief illness. Speaking on NBC&#8217;s Meet the Press shortly after Graham&#8217;s passing, Trump paid tribute and mentioned he respects Graham but is keeping details about his replacement private for now. He praised South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, who has the authority to appoint graham&#8217;s successor, highlighting his influence over party decisions. Trump also criticized Nikki Haley, a former U.N. ambassador and his 2024 rival, suggesting he moved her to a less demanding role purposely to appoint McMaster. <\/p>\n<p>regarding foreign policy, Trump chose to focus on Graham&#8217;s death rather than ongoing international issues, notably refusing to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, but later confirmed it was open and commented on recent U.S. strikes on Iran,criticizing Iranian leaders after claiming Iran launched a drone and a ship despite a supposed deal.Trump also reflected on his disagreements with Graham over Ukraine, stating they mostly agreed but differed on how to handle the conflict. He praised Graham\u2019s strong military background, noted they &#8220;essentially agreed on almost everything,&#8221; and ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in his honor. graham died Saturday evening from a sudden illness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump <\/a>said he has \u201csomebody\u201d in mind to replace Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"737\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> but won\u2019t reveal yet out of respect for the South Carolina Republican\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump called in to NBC News\u2019s <em>Meet the Press <\/em>on Sunday, just hours after Graham\u2019s death, appearing in the time slot Graham himself was supposed to take. After paying tribute to his close ally, the president was asked about the replacement process.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4645304\/trump-lindsey-graham-senate-replacement\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says \u2018I have somebody\u2019 to replace Lindsey Graham after senator\u2019s death<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4645293\/trump-lindsey-graham-tired-phone-call-death\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says Lindsey Graham was \u2018a little tired\u2019 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tributes-pour-in-for-lindsey-graham-after-sudden-death-lost-a-bold-leader\/\" title=\"Tributes pour in for ... after sudden ...: &#039;Lost a bold leader&#039;\">phone call \u2018shortly<\/a> before\u2019 death<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4645286\/lindsey-graham-death-reactions-tributes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tributes pour out for Lindsey Graham after sudden death: \u2018Lost a bold leader\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have somebody that I think would be great, but I don\u2019t want to say it now because it\u2019s too soon with Lindsey. I don\u2019t want to even talk about anybody, but I do have somebody that I think is really good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump went on to heap praise on Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC), who has the sole authority to appoint Graham\u2019s replacement, per South Carolina law. Trump\u2019s hold on the party means he has the de facto say over who gets appointed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president took time to get in a swipe against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nikki-haley\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"810\">Nikki Haley<\/a>, his former U.N. ambassador and 2024 rival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI removed somebody from office that I didn\u2019t think was so good, moved her over to the United Nations \u2026 because the United Nations job was not exactly tough. Yeah, it could be very important, but she was OK at it,\u201d he said, referring to Haley.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I did it because Henry McMaster was the lieutenant governor, and by moving her, I got myself a great, really a great guy. Henry McMaster has been a really good governor, really good guy,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The subject then shifted to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, which was struck by U.S. forces again overnight. Trump first rejected the question about whether the Strait of Hormuz was open, saying he only wanted to talk about Graham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about it because I want to honor the life of Lindsey Graham. So I don\u2019t want to talk about it. I told you that before the call,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Trump then went on to answer the question, saying the strait is open. \u201cWe bombed the hell out of them last night,\u201d Trump said, going on to trash the Iranian leadership, echoing other comments over the past week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re very, very evil and sick people. We had meetings with them. \u2026 They agreed to a deal yesterday, a perfect deal for us. No nuclear, no this, no that, no nothing. They gave up everything, and then after that they left the room, and then within an hour they launched a drone and a ship,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI said, \u2018You people are sick. You\u2019re sick people,\u2019 and so it\u2019s one of those things, I don\u2019t want to talk about it. I want to talk about one person today \u2014 Lindsey Graham,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also appeared on CNN, where he addressed the two\u2019s differences on Ukraine. When asked about how influential Graham was on his foreign policy, he said they \u201cdisagreed a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wanted to see the war with Ukraine end very quickly. I think he was more into keeping it going, frankly. He was very militant having to do with that. But I was from the standpoint of 25,000 people dying every month; I didn\u2019t like that,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4645293\/trump-lindsey-graham-tired-phone-call-death\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4645293\">TRUMP SAYS LINDSEY GRAHAM WAS \u2018A LITTLE TIRED\u2019 IN PHONE CALL \u2018SHORTLY BEFORE\u2019 DEATH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Trump said Graham was a \u201cvery strong <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"266\">military<\/a> person\u201d like him, then said they \u201cessentially agreed on almost everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor Graham. He died from a \u201cbrief and sudden illness\u201d on Saturday evening, according to his office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump hints at a replacement for Graham, respects his memory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2628830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP24104604909642.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[43554,32283,82612,3634,33980],"class_list":["post-2628829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-georgia-politics","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-political-replacement","tag-trump","tag-u-s-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP24104604909642.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628833,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628829\/revisions\/2628833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}