International Desk, July 12 (EFE).- US Republican senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has died at the age of 71 after a sudden illness, his office announced early Sunday.
«On the evening of Saturday, July 11, US Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,» his office said in a statement. «Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.»
There had been no concerns publicly known about the senator’s health prior to his death. On Friday, he had been in Kyiv where he was pictured walking and talking with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who wrote on social media the pair had a “good meeting.”
Graham was once a vocal critic of Trump, running against him in the 2016 primaries and once calling him a “jackass” and “a race-baiting bigot,” but by the time of his death was one of the president’s closest allies and staunchest defenders.
Trump took to Truth Social to comment on his ally’s death, describing it as «so sad!»
