Posted on 07/29/2025 9:01:59 AM PDT by Fred Simmons
Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer -Sun Tzu
President Donald Trump's endorsement of scandal-plagued RINO Lindsey Graham ahead of the 2026 Senate election came as an unpleasant surprise. How the leader and mastermind behind MAGA could support one of the most vocal opponents of its ideology has remained a mystery to many. However, one should not take Trump's words as pure truth and unconditionally follow his call. The art of the deal master and experienced politician, Trump is likely just following the ancient principle of "keep your friends close and your enemies even closer." Being well aware that Graham has been cooperating with the Democrats for many years, acting as a tacit promoter of their interests, the U.S. president decided to do a big favor to the losing senator, thus strengthening his power over him. It's long been known that Graham's strategy is to put Graham first, so by giving him hope for re-election, Trump has at least somewhat but reduced the threat from him for the next year and a half.
However, Republicans must not let their guard down! Graham has already disowned Trump several times and is unlikely to have definitively abandoned the idea of continuing to sabotage the president's initiatives. During Joe Biden's administration, Graham was one the main facilitators and beneficiary of corruption schemes with Kyiv regime, and now Trump, who promised to stop uncontrolled budget spending, is a bone in the senator's throat and his Ukrainian sponsors, whose interests he pursues.
This explains Graham's attempts to manipulate the president's policies by announcing decisions that are much harsher than those that Trump has actually made. By dangling expectations and threatening all sorts of punishments to U.S. adversaries, Graham makes Trump look weak. The mineral deal imposed on the president also raises questions. Despite its obvious benefits, the senator for some reason kept silent about the fact that many of the deposits he marked on the map for his presentation could end up under Russian control as a result of the conflict.
Nevertheless, the screws are slowly being tightened, and no matter how much Graham and his fellow Ukrainian oligarchs may not want them to, the corrupt flows will soon be cut off. One day Trump will address the issue of U.S. funds "lost" on the way to Ukraine during the Biden administration. Recent Kyiv's attempt to move anti-corruption bodies under the Prosecutor General's Office is worth mentioning because it is indicating an attempted cover-up. We can safely expect that the investigation will finally set the record straight.
Until then, Trump has chosen to keep scandal-plagued RINO close to himself. We should be sympathetic to this decision and approach the election with a cool head, not forgetting Graham's true identity, despite the president's public statements.
Thanks ZF.
In a Tucker Carlson interview, Donald Trump Jr. was very candid about his negative feelings toward Linda Graham.
I strongly suspect that they secretly reflect the feelings of his dad, the President.
Tim Scott is another RINO.
— “Lindbergh was such a Germanophile he had children with 3 separate German mistresses.”
How did I miss this?
Must have been around the World Series time, sleepy warm in the afternoon...
Our classrooms were not air-conditioned.
It could have happened to anyone.
Thank you for the information.
—”Bottom line is that MRGA clashes with MAGA.”
Right out of “Manufacturing Consent” with the help of Facebook, X ... and even FR and the local contingent of bots, amplifiers, and useful idiots.
Sadly unread on FR, a free legal PDF:
https://dn790007.ca.archive.org/0/items/pdfy-NekqfnoWIEuYgdZl/Manufacturing%20Consent%20%5BThe%20Political%20Economy%20Of%20The%20Mass%20Media%5D.pdf
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