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两人的关系始于言语攻击，之后逐渐发展为特朗普总统任期内最紧密的政治同盟之一
作者：亚历克斯·米勒 福克斯新闻网
发布于2026年7月12日美国东部时间下午3:28
特朗普回忆与林赛·格雷厄姆的最后一次对话：“就像家人一样”
唐纳德·特朗普总统告诉克里斯汀·韦尔克，已故参议员林赛·格雷厄姆从乌克兰返回后曾致电讨论《拯救美国法案》，这是两人的最后一次对话。
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南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆从未想过唐纳德·特朗普会获得总统候选人提名，更不用说在2016年赢得总统大选了。
“如果我们提名特朗普，我们将会被彻底击败……而且我们罪有应得，”格雷厄姆当时在X平台上写道。
格雷厄姆曾与特朗普同台竞选，和辩论台上的其他多位共和党人一样，他认为特朗普的参选 candidacy 荒谬可笑——他曾将特朗普的参选比作“被枪击头部”。
【南卡罗来纳州参议员林赛·格雷厄姆：从小城镇出身成长为共和党权力掮客，享年71岁去世】
唐纳德·特朗普总统做出手势，林赛·格雷厄姆共和党参议员在2023年1月28日于南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚举行的2024年竞选活动中向人群发表讲话。（洛根·赛鲁斯/法新社通过盖蒂图片社拍摄）
但特朗普最终拿下共和党提名、入主白宫，并最终赢得了格雷厄姆的支持。
如今，在格雷厄姆突然离世、享年71岁的短短数小时内，幕后围绕填补其空缺席位的角力已然展开，特朗普失去了一位曾是死敌、后来转为挚友的伙伴。
特朗普在接受NBC《与媒体见面》节目采访时表示，他前一天晚上刚与格雷厄姆通过电话，当时就觉得“那可能是他的最后一通电话”。
“我不太确定，但大约在凌晨1点，他办公室的一名工作人员发来消息说他去世了。我说‘我简直不敢相信’，”特朗普说道，“对我来说，他就像家人一样。这真的让人很难受。”
对特朗普而言，情况并非一直如此。九年前，他曾在南卡罗来纳州的一场集会上称格雷厄姆是“耻辱”，是“我见过最愚蠢的人之一”。
特朗普披露与格雷厄姆最后一次通话细节，称其去世对《拯救美国法案》是“重大打击”
“我认为他连本州的捕狗员职位都选不上，更别说连任了，”特朗普当时说道，“说真的，我就是这么想的。除此之外，我觉得他很棒。”
尽管如此，两人的关系还是从网络和辩论台上的嘲讽，发展成了不惧一同打高尔夫球的坚定挚友。
格雷厄姆后来成为参议院中特朗普最直言不讳的盟友之一，也是特朗普第二任期内上议院与白宫之间的关键桥梁——即便格雷厄姆曾认为特朗普绝不应该踏入白宫。
今年6月赢得共和党提名初选后，特朗普几乎成了格雷厄姆口中的首要人物。
“我要感谢那位大人物，上帝，”格雷厄姆在上个月的一次演讲中说道，“特朗普排在后面。总统先生，你离上帝不远了，但我们会先从他开始。”
格雷厄姆去世引发共和党人争抢参议院席位，特朗普暗示已有心仪人选
唐纳德·特朗普与林赛·格雷厄姆于2025年6月28日在高尔夫球场上合影。（林赛·格雷厄姆参议员通过X平台发布）
但这份无论是政治上还是发自内心的敬重，都来之不易。多年前，特朗普曾因对格雷厄姆怒不可遏，将这位议员的手机号码泄露到网上，这促使格雷厄姆当众销毁了自己的几部手机。
在2021年1月6日国会山骚乱事件后，格雷厄姆曾与特朗普决裂。
“特朗普和我，我们经历了一段糟糕的历程。我讨厌以这种方式结束。天哪，我讨厌这样。在我看来，他是一位具有重要意义的总统，”在国会认证选举结果投票临近之际，格雷厄姆在参议院 floor 上说道，“我只能说，别指望我了。够了，到此为止。”
在特朗普第二任期的竞选筹备期间及任期内，格雷厄姆成为了特朗普的坚定盟友。
作为参议院预算委员会主席，他带头推动“一项宏伟而美好的法案”，并大力支持特朗普的标志性选举诚信立法《拯救美国法案》。
在过去一年半的参议院走廊里，你经常会听到格雷厄姆说他刚和特朗普通过电话，或是正前往白宫解决立法纠纷——无论是与挡路的民主党人还是共和党人。
如今，在经历了一段坎坷、激烈且紧密相连的历程后，这段路已经走到了尽头。
“我说‘我们很快再见’，”特朗普回忆起与格雷厄姆的最后一次通话，“随时欢迎你来。他来过白宫，因为我喜欢他。不是每个人都能这样。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
From ‘disgrace’ to ‘family’: Trump’s remarkable journey with Lindsey Graham
2026-07-12T15:28:20-04:00 / Fox News
Their relationship began with insults before evolving into one of the closest political alliances of Trump’s presidency
By Alex Miller Fox News
Published July 12, 2026 3:28pm EDT
Trump recounts final conversation with Lindsey Graham: ‘Like a member of the family’
President Donald Trump told Kristen Welker that the late Sen. Lindsey Graham called after returning from Ukraine to discuss the SAVE America Act during his final conversation with the president.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., never wanted President Donald Trump to be nominated, let alone win the presidency in 2016.
“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed…….and we will deserve it,” Graham said on X at the time.
Graham had run on the same ticket as Trump, and like many other Republicans on the debate stage, challenged Trump’s candidacy as preposterous — he once likened his candidacy to ‘being shot in the head.’”
LINDSEY GRAHAM, SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR WHO ROSE FROM SMALL-TOWN ROOTS TO GOP POWER BROKER, DIES AT 71
President Donald Trump gestures as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, S.C., on Jan. 28, 2023.(Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images)
But Trump ultimately clinched the nomination, took the White House and eventually won over Graham.
Now, in the fast-moving hours after Graham’s sudden death at 71 years old, and as private jockeying to fill his empty seat takes place behind the scenes, Trump has lost a once-fierce political enemy turned friend.
Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he had just spoken with Graham the night before and believed “It could have been his last call.”
“I don’t know exactly, but I got a message about 1:00 in the morning from one of the people in his office that he had passed away. I said, ‘I just can’t believe it,’” Trump said. “He was like a member of the family to me. It’s very tough, actually.”
It wasn’t always that way for Trump. He once told a crowd in South Carolina nine years ago that Graham was a “disgrace,” and “one of the dumbest human beings I’ve ever seen.”
[TRUMP REVEALS DETAILS OF FINAL PHONE CALL WITH GRAHAM AFTER SENATOR’S DEATH, CALLS LOSS ‘BIG BLOW’ TO SAVE ACT
“I don’t think he could run for dogcatcher in this state and win again,” Trump said at the time. “I really don’t. Other than that, I think he’s wonderful.”
Still, their relationship evolved from potshots online and on the debate stage into steadfast friends who weren’t shy about hitting the golf course.
Graham transformed into one of Trump’s most vocal allies in the Senate and a key bridge from the upper chamber to the White House during Trump’s second term — even after Graham believed Trump should never step foot in the White House.
After winning his primary for the GOP nomination in June, Trump was almost top of mind for Graham.
“I want to thank the big guy, God,” Graham said during a speech last month. “Trump comes later. Mr. President, you’re not far behind God, but we’re going to start with him.”
GRAHAM’S DEATH IGNITES GOP SCRAMBLE FOR SENATE SEAT AS TRUMP HINTS HE ALREADY HAS A FAVORITE
Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham pose for a picture on a golf course on June 28, 2025.(Sen. Lindsey Graham via X)
But that reverence, be it political or sincere, took time. Years ago, Trump at one point grew so angry at Graham that he leaked the lawmaker’s phone number online, which prompted Graham to make a show of destroying several of his phones.
And after the Jan. 6, 2021, riots on Capitol Hill, Graham turned his back on Trump.
“Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he’s been a consequential president,” Graham said on the Senate floor as the vote to certify the election neared. “All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.”
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In the run-up to and during Trump’s second term, Graham became a fierce ally of Trump’s.
He led the vanguard for the “one, big beautiful bill,” as Senate Budget Committee chair and has championed Trump’s flagship election integrity legislation, the SAVE America Act.
And in the hallways of the Senate during the last year and a half, you’d often hear Graham say he’d just spoken with Trump or was headed to the White House to hammer out a legislative dispute — be it with Democrats standing in the way or Republicans.
Now, after a rocky, explosive and tight-knit journey together, the road has run out.
“I said, ‘We’ll see you soon,’” Trump recalled of his last call with Graham. “Come over anytime you want. He came into the White House, because I liked him. Can’t do that with everybody.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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