Evening Wire: Trump Meets With Zelensky & Netanyahu & D.C. Honors Lindsey Graham | 7.28.26

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Lindsey Graham's memorial service begins with several notable attendees. President Trump speaks with Israel's Netanyahu and Ukraine's Zelensky. And wildfires rage in Europe. I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, July 28th. This is Evening Wire.

**Georgia Howe** (0:50)
Memorial services for Senator Lindsey Graham began this morning in the Capitol rotunda with dozens of notable attendees from across the political aisle. Graham was a top deal maker in DC for decades, but it was his principal stances that earned him respect from many colleagues. Here was Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

**John Thune** (1:06)
It didn't matter to Lindsey whether an issue was popular or unpopular, whether he had the full support of his colleagues or whether he was standing alone. If he believed he was in the right, he spoke up.
He told things the way he saw them, and he didn't mince words.

**Georgia Howe** (1:21)
President Trump gave remarks later in the day when Graham's memorial service moved to the Washington National Cathedral. He was the president after the loss of one of his closest Senate allies.

**Donald Trump** (1:30)
He was a man who gave America the full measure of his good and mighty heart. There can be no doubt that he lived absolutely to the fullest. He died doing the work he was born to do. He was truly a great politician, serving the country he loved to serve so deeply.
A friend that none of us will ever forget. There was truly nobody like Lindsey Graham.

**Georgia Howe** (1:58)
Graham's memorial service will be continued in South Carolina on Wednesday. A procession and public funeral will be held before a private burial service for the late Senator.

**John Bickley** (2:07)
President Trump met separately with Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Zelensky today. Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has more.
Trump met with both leaders at the White House on Tuesday to talk about the ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East. Zelensky was first. According to the New York Times, the two presidents spoke about a potential reboot of peace talks with Russia. Zelensky also took the opportunity to push for more US support for Ukraine, especially air defense as his relationship with the White House has thawed recently.
After the Ukrainian left, Prime Minister Netanyahu entered the White House to discuss Iran. The Israeli side was quick to release images of a conversation that showed both leaders getting along warmly. And Netanyahu's office distributed a statement that described the meeting as excellent and comprehensive. The statement also noted that the two leaders, quote, reaffirmed their ironclad commitment to ensuring that Iran never has nuclear weapons. On the US side, White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt described both meetings as positive and productive.

**Georgia Howe** (3:03)
Newly released tapes from former President Joe Biden and his ghostwriter revealed that Biden was aware that many records he kept in his basement were classified. Daily Wire associate producer Wyatt Harms has the story.

**Wyatt Harms** (3:14)
Biden worked on his memoir, Promise Me Dad, with ghostwriter Mark Zlonitzer in 2016 and 2017 Throughout the recorded conversations, Biden references information from the DOD, classified material and content he believes to be unmarked classified material.

**Joe Biden** (3:30)
Some of this may be classified, so be careful with it. I'm not sure. It's not more classified, but...
We just found all the classified stuff downstairs.

**Wyatt Harms** (3:41)
The tapes also underscore his mental decline as he repeatedly appears confused and forgetful.

**Joe Biden** (3:47)
I had the team that said, including the two guys who I think were with me were...
I think I have Princeton now, the chief economic advisor, Pinnock Kaufman. I think of his name and the guy back out at the University of Chicago. What's the funny name? I'll think of it. Gouldsby is one. Yeah, Gouldsby is in Chicago. And the other guy is at Princeton.

**Wyatt Harms** (4:15)
Yeah.

**Joe Biden** (4:16)
We should write the name down, so I'm too pretty to get it.

**Wyatt Harms** (4:19)
In a statement, a Biden spokesman said the release tapes are part of decade old private conversations and that the release is, quote, just the latest example of this administration weaponizing the DOJ for political retribution.