For Graham and Trump, it's complicated. Very complicated.
"He's making the biggest mistake of his presidency," the South Carolina Republican tells reporters in the halls of Congress.President Donald Trump is annoyed."Lindsey should focus on Judiciary," he tells reporters in the East Room of the White House.Graham is warning about terror attacks.Read More"He will have American blood on his hands if he abandons Kurds because ISIS will come back."Trump doesn't want to hear it.
Trump suggests how Sen. Graham could be spending his time 01:23For Graham and Trump, it's complicated. Very complicated.On abandoning the Kurds, US allies against ISIS who helped defeat the caliphate, Graham says he is holding Trump to the Barack Obama standard."By assuming the Kurds are better off today than they were yesterday -- that is just unbelievable. I can imagine if Obama said that what Republicans would be saying now.
Lindsey Graham criticizes Trump over Syria situation 02:18Graham has also explained his decision to stay close to Trump as a way to influence him on big policy decisions -- especially ones Graham learned from McCain to care most about: intervening to support allies, especially in the fight against mutual threats.CNN is told that Graham believes he convinced the President to hold off on making the decision to pull troops from Syria months ago.
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