Sen. Lindsey Graham
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Graham, who has been seen as an ally and defender of Trump since his election, told Axios on HBO that Trump contains a ‘deal-than-life agreement’, which the former president describes as a kind of cross between Jesse Helms, Ronald Reagan and PT Barnum. ‘
“He can make the Republican Party something that no one else I know can make it,” the Republican senator said. “He can make it bigger. He can make it stronger. He can make it more diverse. And he could destroy it too. ”
The South Carolina senator described the former president as a “dark side” and “a magic there.”
“What I’m trying to do is just use magic,” Graham said, noting that former Republican presidential candidates John McCain
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“I want us to continue the policy that I think will make America strong,” Graham told Jonathan Swan to Axios. “I believe the best way for the Republican Party to do that is with Trump, not without Trump.”
Graham has publicly challenged Trump’s spiritual fitness to run for the presidency ahead of the 2016 election. But after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton
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Graham assisted Trump during most of his presidency, although he condemned Trump for his role in the riots in the Capitol in January and said hours later in a speech that “enough is enough.”
The senator’s comments come as the Republican Party determines how much role the former president will play in the GOP after his one-term presidency.
In his first major speech since leaving office, Trump spoke to supporters during the Conservative political action conference last week in an effort to bolster his leadership role in the party and to jeopardize a potential presidential career in 2024.