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Graham tears into Trump’s ‘pathetic’ foreign policy speech

by Jessie Hellmann - 04/27/16 2:30 PM ET

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) tore into Donald Trump’s foreign policy address Wednesday in a series of tweets, saying, “Ronald Reagan must be rolling over in his grave.”

{mosads}The outspoken senator called Trump’s speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington pathetic and incoherent.

“Trump speech is pathetic in terms of understanding the role America plays in the world, how to win War on Terror, and threats we face,” Graham wrote.

“Trump’s FP speech not conservative. It’s isolationism surrounded by disconnected thought, demonstrates lack of understanding threats we face.”

Graham also mocked Trump for using a Teleprompter to deliver the speech.

Not sure who is advising Trump on foreign policy but I can understand why he’s not revealing their names.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 27, 2016

Question #1 for Trump: Are we sure the guy running the teleprompter has the pages in the right order? #notmakinganysense

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 27, 2016

Question #2 — Did teleprompter guy actually write the speech? #notmakinganysense

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 27, 2016

Trump speech is pathetic in terms of understanding the role America plays in the world, how to win War on Terror, and threats we face.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 27, 2016

Trump’s FP speech not conservative. It’s isolationism surrounded by disconnected thought, demonstrates lack of understanding threats we face

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 27, 2016

Final thought on Trump's foreign policy speech — Ronald Reagan must be rolling over in his grave.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 27, 2016

Graham has been a critic of Trump throughout the campaign. He has even supported Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign, despite great animosity between Cruz and Graham.

Trump’s address comes after his sweep of five Republican contests Tuesday night and is an effort to give more credibility to his foreign policy agenda as he moves toward becoming the GOP’s presumptive nominee.

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