It doesn’t look like they duked it out while golfing with President Trump, but Sens. Rand Paul and Lindsey Graham argued over “endless wars” during the outing last weekend, and the president appears to have sided with anti-war Paul.
Nobody is talking, but both lawmakers tweeted about it. “Reminded President Trump how dumb it was for President Obama to ignore sound military advice by pulling out of Iraq, creating ISIS,” Graham tweeted after the game.
Proud that @realDonaldTrump and I argued with you against endless wars! @POTUS made it clear to all of us at the table, we are getting out of the Middle East quagmire. We’ve been there too long. Time to bring our troops home. https://t.co/trO0aIHbzk
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 15, 2019
But Paul the next day responded, “Proud that @realDonaldTrump and I argued with you against endless wars! @POTUS made it clear to all of us at the table, we are getting out of the Middle East quagmire. We’ve been there too long. Time to bring our troops home.” …
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