Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a major proponent of increased sanctions on Moscow and its allies, signaled Saturday that he supported President Trump's decision to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Invoking former President Ronald Reagan's summit with former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev before the end of the Cold War and subsequent fall of the Soviet Union, Graham said he was "confident" in Trump.

“I’m confident President Trump will walk away – like Reagan – if Putin insists on a bad deal,” the South Carolina Republican wrote on social platform X. “Good luck, Mr. President, in your efforts to end this brutal war."

"The world should be pulling for you. I know I am," he added.

The remarks follow Trump's announcement Friday that he would meet with the Russian leader in Alaska

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