Senator Lindsey Graham credited himself with persuading United States President Donald Trump to join Israel in going to war against Iran, "almost cried" with joy when the conflict began, and offered to lobby Trump on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attack Lebanon too, newly released footage has shown. Graham, who died on July 11 aged 71, was a close confidant of Trump and Netanyahu, both of whom are attending his funeral on Tuesday. Graham, laughing and clearly delighted, exclaimed: "How long have we been pushing this?" "Look what we've done here. I almost cried," Graham said. "I talked to Trump this morning. Oh, he's jacked! He said best thing I've ever done'. He loves blowing stuff up."