Sen. Lindsey Graham says he wants to work with Trump to improve the United States and the world. And if you don't like that, he apparently really doesn't care.
“If you don’t like me working with President Trump to make the world a better place. I don’t give a sh*t,” the South Carolina lawmaker bluntly told CNN’s Kate Bolduan Friday.
And CNN had no prayer of bleeping it. Here’s the unedited (and totally hilarious) clip:
Lindsey Graham live on @CNN: "If you don't like me working with President Trump to make the world a better place, I don't give a shit" pic.twitter.com/iNnqiYjZpV
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) June 15, 2018
And neither, it seems, do many Americans. Trump’s approval rating has held steady at 44 percent – right around where Obama’s was at this time during his presidency. Wages are up, and unemployment’s down. Black unemployment is at record lows. Home values are at record highs. We’ve got more open jobs than unemployed people and Americans’ overall wealth just topped $100 trillion. We've finally got someone willing to enforce our immigration laws and, while we've got a long way to go, we're a lot closer to a denuclearized North Korea than we were two years ago.
And if that bothers you, I don’t really give a…well, you know…either.