U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham stated Friday evening that he fully agrees with President Donald Trump's assessment that Iran's ability to orchestrate an event like October 7 or to continue as the world's leading state sponsor of terror has been drastically harmed, according to a report carried by Israeli right-wing media.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Friday endorsed President Trump's assessment that the U.S. military campaign has severely degraded Iran's capacity for major attacks and its role as a leading state sponsor of terrorism, according to a statement circulated via right-wing Israeli media. The brief, unadorned remark marks a sharp departure from Graham's recent opposition to Trump's Iran policy direction — as The Zioneer previously reported Graham publicly broke with the president on the matter — and aligns him squarely with the administration's post-strike posture. The senator offered no elaboration on what specific intelligence or operational indicators underpin his agreement. The statement comes amid a volatile week of U.S.-Iran escalation, including Trump's warning that additional bombings would be 'larger and more powerful,' and follows Graham's earlier skepticism of the emerging Iran deal framework.
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