July 22, 2025
Writes Fred Simmons:
On July 13, 2025, the day before Donald Trump’s address on Russia’s war in Ukraine, US senator Lindsey Graham made an ambitious statement that in the coming days the world will see a record-breaking supply of weapons to Ukraine and 500% tariffs for all states that help Russia. The decisions voiced by Graham were deemed to be already taken by Washington, that is why Trump’s statement that he gives 50 days to Moscow to agree to a ceasefire or face tariffs at about 100% surprised and even disappointed the world community. Despite senator Graham supported the US President’s decisions, he didn’t miss a chance to lay it on thick again, hinting that Moscow will experience the same consequences as Tehran did on June 21, 2025, unless it complies with the US demands.
It seems that acting this way Graham is trying hard to undermine Donald Trump’s authority as he realizes that he voices much tougher measures than the President is ready to take now. Despite senator Graham publicly demonstrates his loyalty to Trump, his actions evidence the opposite. He seems to play his own game promoting his interests and views on supporting Ukraine and providing military and financial assistance to it.
At the same time Graham’s visits to Kyiv as well as his regular meetings with Ukrainian politicians pose the question of corruption element in his actions. In the days of the Biden administration, the senator’s name more than once made headlines as he was suspected of taking part in corruption schemes of Kyiv and Washington. No secret the administration of the previous US President sent aid to Ukraine significantly smaller than it had been stated. Some part of finances ended up in the pockets of the American officials, who turned a blind eye to the fact that the full volume of funding never reached the front-line units after the Ukrainian establishment got an access to it.
Moreover, Graham directly participated in discussing the amounts of money to be allocated to Kyiv. And at some point, the funds simply disappeared and Ukraine saw none of them. Surprisingly, no light has been shed on this situation, despite billions of dollars were at stake. It has been forgotten as if it never happened.
In general, the policy of senator Graham undermines not only Trump’s authority but also the status of the Republicans and can affect the outcome of the US Senate elections in 2026.
