Lindsey Graham thought he was talking to the Turkish minister of defense. It was actually a prank caller
Crank, yanked. Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images In the Trump era, Lindsey Graham has revealed that some of his political opinions are a tad opportunistic. Four years ago, the South Carolina senator told CNN, “You know how to make America great again? Tell Donald Trump to go to hell.” Today, he obsequiously praises the president — and the president’s golf courses — on a near-constant basis.
“Your YPG Kurdish problem is a big problem,” Graham told the pranksters. He was referring to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, a group that began fighting ISIS as part of the Syrian Democratic Forces in 2015 — with support from the U.S. — but is considered a terrorist group by Turkey because of its push to establish an autonomous state for the Kurds on the Turkish-Syrian border.“I told President Trump that Obama made a huge mistake in relying on the YPG Kurds,” Graham continued.
Given the Trump administration’s fiercely anti-Iran foreign policy — and the president’s frequent laments about Barack Obama’s criminal failure to starve Tehran of funds — you might think that this White House would have no interest in making Zarrab’s life easier. But you would be wrong .
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