You need to see this because it is genuinely one of the most wild political pivot stories in recent memory — Lindsey Graham went from a vocal Trump critic to an ally and back again so many times he should be studied as a case study. In September 2017, he wrote an op-ed decrying Trump's rhetoric calling him "a bad president" and defending the American system against his attacks on institutions; at that point, Graham was one of only two Republicans to voice serious opposition publicly. Then he joined committees investigating campaign finance violations by the Trump team and claimed in a letter about Jan 6th that the former president had degraded democratic norms. But here is where it gets interesting — within months he began softening his language on immigration from hardline hawk positions, and later endorsed Mike Pence for president in Michigan and Florida after the primary battle. He even said on The View that Trump would need to "be less of himself" as a condition for working with him together. That kinds of political shape-shifting is remarkable because he managed to navigate both camps without alienating his base completely or losing Senate standing. By late 2018, he was saying things about the MAGA movement that contradicted almost everything from his 2017 op-ed, and the article charts every rhetorical reversal in real time. The BBC deep dive on his evolution is worth a full read because it's less of an attack piece and more of a "how did one person become so many different versions" analysis.

You can follow the whole timeline from Trump critic to ally right here:
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrdn216k2o