President Donald Trump revealed Sunday that he had a phone call with Sen. Lindsey Graham just moments before the Republican senator’s sudden and fatal illness struck.
Trump shared with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” details about his conversation with Graham (R-SC) in what he theorized could have been “his last call.”
“So what makes it even stranger is that I got a call last night sometime in the early evening and [Graham] called and said ‘we’re all set for the SAVE America Act,’ – he was pushing the SAVE America Act like crazy,” Trump said, referring to his controversial voter ID bill the SAVE Act.
“He said he just landed from Ukraine – I said, ‘that’s a long trip to make!’ He sounded a little tired, but perfect – but a little bit tired. He had a right to be, he was a worker, he was really a worker. But he sounded great, actually. But he actually said he was tired.”
Trump also revealed that he had potentially planned to meet with Graham in person on Sunday regarding the SAVE Act, which has stalled in the Senate to Trump’s frustration.
“He wanted to pass the SAVE America Act, and I said, ‘we’re gonna get it done Lindsey, I’ll see you soon,’ we thought maybe we might even meet today,” Trump continued.
“And then that was it. It couldn’t have been much longer, it could have been his last call, I don’t know exactly. I got a message about 1 a.m. from one of the people in his office that he’d passed away.”
Trump went on to theorize that his call with Graham could have been held just “minutes before” his illness incapacitated him.
Graham’s office announced Saturday night that the senator had died of a “brief and sudden illness,” and further reporting revealed that he may have suffered from cardiac arrest, though an official cause of death has yet to be released.
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