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In the wake of Lindsey Graham\u2019s death, President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbarbed eulogy\u201d to the senator and former ally revealed the true depths of the famously narcissistic Commander in Chief\u2019s \u201cfragile ego.\u201d This is according to Guardian political analyst Adam Gabbat<\/u>, who on Wednesday declared voters can, \u201cadd eulogies to the list of things Trump does with total confidence and questionable skill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gabbat raises the example of an interview<\/u> with Fox News on Monday, in which \u201cTrump remembered Graham as someone who called him too much, as a poor golfer and, in the manner of a person remembering a pet labrador, as someone who \u2018loved being outside.\u2019 There was praise, sure, but it was tempered with criticism, as if the president\u2019s famously fragile ego meant he needed to assert dominance over Graham, even after the latter\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when prompted for anecdotes about the late Senator, notes Gabbat, Trump responded, \u201cHe was a great guy, and he was a friend. He would call me all the time. He would just \u2026 I\u2019d say: \u2018Stop calling me, Lindsey,\u201d adding, \u201cHe was just \u2013 he was amazing. You know, he just didn\u2019t stop and he would be \u2013 he was a worker. He was a total workaholic politician. Now, some people don\u2019t call that work. Some people call that a lot of talking. But everybody loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Gabbat, \u201cTrump\u2019s backhanded compliments and mixed reviews spoke to the complicated relationship he had with Graham. While running for president in 2016, Graham described Trump as a \u2018jacka\u2013\u2019 and \u2018a race-baiting bigot.\u2019 After Trump won that election, Graham made a complete U-turn, becoming \u2013 like most of his Republican colleagues \u2013 a Trump lickspittle, but after the January 6 insurrection, he (briefly) broke with the president.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cTrump and I, we\u2019ve had a hell of a journey \u2013 I hate it to end this way,\u201d he said in a speech at the time. \u201cOh my God, I hate it. From my point of view, he\u2019s been a consequential president but today, first thing you\u2019ll see. All I can say is count me out. Enough is enough.\u201d Gabbat notes that Graham \u201creversed course soon after, returning to the Trump fold and just last month praising the president<\/u> as \u2018not far behind God.\u2019 But Trump is not known for his short memory when it comes to disloyalty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump brought it up during his eulogy to Fox News, saying, \u201cHe had one bad moment, that was the Jan 6 thing, when he stood up: \u2018All right, now I\u2019ve had it. That\u2019s it. I can\u2019t do it any more,\u2019 Then he called me about 40 minutes later and he said: \u2018Did I really say that? I can\u2019t believe it,\u2019 and he took it back. So I give him a 99 instead of a 100.\u201d According to Gabbat, \u201cTrump went on to gloat about how he won the 2016 Republican primary in South Carolina, after Graham was forced to suspend his campaign<\/u>.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, writes Gabbat, \u201chowever much Trump appreciated Graham\u2019s subservience, he just couldn\u2019t drop that sporadic criticism. \u2018He\u2019d play golf with people and you just liked him,\u2019 Trump remembered of Graham on Monday. \u2018It wasn\u2019t that he was a great striker of the ball it wasn\u2019t, he wasn\u2019t exactly a perfect \u2013 he wasn\u2019t Jack Nicklaus, he was not Tiger.\u2019 There was something revealing across all of Trump\u2019s comments: a reminder, perhaps, that Trump\u2019s fragility means he always has to be number one, always has to be dominant \u2013 even if the person he is dominating is now dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

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