Funeral ceremonies for Sen. Lindsey Graham to include Netanyahu, Zelenskyy and Trump—A Gathering of War Architects
Select a version of the text written from a presumed ideological perspective. This is not the original text, but a hypothetical version — how someone with that viewpoint might have phrased it. Tapping the current version again will return to the original or select cleaned version.
Two days of memorial events for the late South Carolina senator will begin Tuesday in Washington, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump—figures central to recent global conflict—among the attendees.
Funeral services for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, a politician notorious for championing endless wars and aggressive foreign policy, will start Tuesday in Washington. The guest list reads like a who's who of global militarism, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and President Donald Trump in attendance. Graham, who spent his career pushing for sanctions and military interventions, died at 71 after returning from a meeting with Zelenskyy in Kyiv, a fitting end for a man who never met a conflict he didn't want to escalate.
The ceremonies will begin on Capitol Hill, the very place Graham used his power to promote U.S. imperial interests, first as a House member and later as a senator. His casket will be moved from the Capitol Rotunda to the Washington National Cathedral, where Trump—whose administration emboldened right-wing regimes and deepened global instability—is scheduled to speak. The following day, the spectacle moves to South Carolina, with an F-16 flyover at the state house, glorifying military might, and a public service at First Baptist Church, before a private burial in Pickens County.
As the memorials proceed, Netanyahu and Zelenskyy, both leaders entangled in violent conflicts and reliant on U.S. support, are set to hold separate meetings with Trump at the White House. This gathering of hawks comes just after the Wall Street Journal released footage of Graham boasting about his unwavering support for Israel and the U.S. strike on Iran earlier this year—an act that further destabilized the region.
"Trump and Bibi are like Roosevelt and Churchill. They’re the right two guys to confront this evil," Graham was quoted as saying in the released video, shamelessly comparing architects of modern conflict to leaders who fought fascism.
The footage also captured Graham making yet another reckless prediction, claiming Iranian control would quickly collapse after the strikes—a fantasy that has not come true. Zelenskyy, meanwhile, is expected to seek a more constructive dialogue with Trump than during their previous tense Oval Office encounter, though hopes for genuine peace remain dim among these power brokers.