US Senator Lindsey Graham makes a sales pitch for Pakistan, asking Trump to meet with Imran Khan:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/lindsey-graham-urges-trump-meet-pakistan-pm-khan-190121090127043.html
Is Lindsey Graham trying to become another Larry Pressler?
As you know, Nikki Haley comes from South Carolina, where Graham is a senator, and she served as governor of that state. She's of course very popular with Americans in general, and the Indian-American community in particular. Now that's she's left her role as Trump's ambassador to UN, there's a possibility that she could re-enter local politics again.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/lindsey-graham-south-carolina-attorney-general/2018/10/09/id/885546/
This may perhaps make Graham nervous, as she would be in a good position to challenge him for his Senate seat in the future. He may therefore be trying to align himself more closely with the Pakistani-American community as a hedge against Haley and her vast Indian-American support.
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