Trump praised Graham’s record in the Senate, pushing through record military spending, huge tax cuts for the wealthy and the Supreme Court nomination of reactionary Justice Brett Kavanaugh. But his main focus was on Graham’s advocacy of the use of American military power. Each met separately with Trump on Tuesday morning before the ceremony, making their pitches for stepped-up US military support for the US-NATO war against Russia and the US-Israeli war against Iran. Fourth, the program of global war against the rivals of American capitalism has the unstinting support of the Democratic Party. All 100 senators were invited to meet separately with Zelensky, in a show of support for the war against Russia.