{"id":542681,"date":"2026-05-15T13:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=542681"},"modified":"2026-05-15T14:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:30:27","slug":"graham-expects-lukashenka-and-trump-to-meet-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/graham-expects-lukashenka-and-trump-to-meet-soon","title":{"rendered":"Graham Expects Lukashenka and Trump to Meet Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>American preacher <b>Franklin Graham<\/b> expects <b>Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b> and <b>Donald Trump<\/b> to meet in the near future. He said this after his meeting with Lukashenka.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;He wants relations to improve. Presidents Trump and Lukashenka are very similar to each other. They are strong leaders, people with a vision for the future. It would be good for these two leaders to meet each other as soon as possible. That would be good for everyone.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>I am here as a preacher of the Gospel. I am not a politician. I do not work for the US government. I am simply a person sharing the message of God\u2019s love for everyone. At the same time, we are friends with President Trump. Sometimes I serve as his spiritual adviser. We cannot ignore politicians. Even though I am a preacher, we must work with politicians, encourage them and pray for them,&#8221;<\/i><\/em> BelTA <a href=\"https:\/\/belta.by\/politics\/view\/propovednik-franklin-grem-rasschityvaet-na-skoruju-vstrechu-lukashenko-i-trampa-780858-2026\/\">quoted<\/a> Graham as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Graham described the conversation with Lukashenka as excellent.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;We discussed many issues. I hope we can work together for better understanding between the United States and Belarus. That we will witness stronger relations. I liked him very much. He is very open and easy to communicate with,&#8221;<\/i><\/em> he noted.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;I support peace. And I am convinced that President Lukashenka does as well, and I know President Trump does too,&#8221;<\/i><\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p>The preacher said he was deeply impressed by the beauty of Belarus and its people.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Alyaksandr Lukashenka sent greetings to Donald Trump through Graham.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that reports of a possible meeting between Trump and Lukashenka have surfaced repeatedly in the past. According to Lukashenka, such a meeting could even take place at the American president\u2019s private residence.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Graham, head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, is visiting Belarus from May 14 to 18. The official purpose of the visit is participation in a Protestant festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American preacher Franklin Graham expects Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Donald Trump to meet in the near future. He said this after his meeting with Lukashenka. &#8220;He wants relations to improve. Presidents Trump and Lukashenka are very similar to each other. They are strong leaders, people with a vision for the future. It would be good for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":542680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a0703d68e0b2.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Graham Expects Lukashenka and Trump to Meet Soon"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143090],"tags":[143118],"class_list":["post-542681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}