President Donald Trump said Tuesday late Sen.Lindsey Graham's heart condition was "almost undetectable."During a meeting in the Oval Office with newly elected Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, Trump answered a question about the South Carolina Republican, who died on Saturday night.
A reporter asked about the FBI reportedly being seen at Graham's home, and FBI Director Kash Patel has stated the bureau is assisting local authorities in the death probe."I've watched all the medical reports, I've had the doctors from the White House come in and explain what happened.And this is something that is almost undetectable and if it happens, there's not much you can do about it," Trump said in response to the reporter."You can detect it by if you have a very bad back.
That's a sign," Trump added, saying that Graham would sometimes tell him he "had a bad back."MEDICAL EXAMINER RELEASES PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IN LINDSEY GRAHAM'S DEATH AS DEATH CERTIFICATE REMAINS PENDINGPresident Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 2026.(SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)"I don't see a lot of evil there," Trump said of the circumstances surrounding the senator's passing.
"I don't I know there's all sorts of conspiracy theories going along, and I don't think the FBI, I think the FBI is wasting their time if they're doing that."Graham died in Washington, D.C., one day after returning from Kyiv, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a new package of sanctions against Russia.A statement released by Graham's office on Sunday cited preliminary findings from the District of Columbia's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, identifying the cause of death as an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, though the official cause of death remains pending additional testing.Trump also said multiple times in the Oval Office on Tuesday that ...