>>497744>One theory being pushed by Russia’s friends is that Graham was killed during a Russian strike on another Ukrainian drone factory that he secretly visited, but Trump confirmed that he spoke to Graham the night before he passed after he already returned to the US. It’s implausible that he of all people, who’s known to be very emotional, would cover up the killing of his close friend by Putin. It’s even more implausible that the anti-Russian deep state would too and thus eschew a chance to further escalate against Russia.I don't find this argument very convincing - that's not to say that I necessarily believe that he was killed by Russia in a bombing (he could also have snorted bad coke, been poisoned, been assassinated with a "heart attack gun" by someone else who acquired the technology, been killed by Ukrainian oligarchs, died of untreated AIDs, etc.), but I just don't buy the reasoning here.
Trump, even more than "being emotional" is a massive, massive liar, and his relationship with Lindsey Graham was clearly a marriage of convenience, I doubt that Trump had any sincere personal affection for him. I think that Trump would have no difficulty lying about it even if he was aware of a hit being carried out (which he wouldn't necessarily be), and, obviously, a US Senator being taken out would be liable to prey upon Donald Trump's personal insecurities, and he
might not want to encourage the idea that doing such a thing is so easy. I also think that what Korybko terms the anti-Russian deep state probably feels similar such insecurities at this point - they worry more about being perceived as weak than they do about developing pretexts (when they want a pretext they just lie), and they're aware, on some level, that Lindsey Graham is broadly reviled by much of the American people and western public who are aware of who he is, and they might well be uncomfortable with throwing a credit for a death people in the west celebrate to Russia.