A social media post from Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) lamenting the “arrogance” of U.S. allies amid the ongoing war with Iran got a foul-mouthed response from former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.)

Graham, who has been a hawkish voice lobbying Trump to keep the military pressure going, griped on X Tuesday morning about “our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning.”

“Oh eat a sack of ripe anuses,” Kinzinger replied, adding that President Donald Trump “spent the first two weeks” of the war “saying we don’t need anyone.”

Oh eat a sack of ripe anuses. You know better. he spent the first two weeks saying we dont need anyone

NATO allies have been hesitant to assist with the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran effectively blocked off the crucial maritime passage in response to military strikes from the U.S. and Israel last month.

Graham said in his post that he had spoken to Trump about the situation and had never heard him “so angry in my life.”

“The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive,” Graham wrote.

The South Carolina senator warned that “the repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America.”

Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake. The arrogance of our…

Graham’s previous support for military action in Iran has been almost gushing in tone.

Earlier this month, he waxed rhapsodically that when the conflict is over, “We’re gonna obliterate their nuclear program and there’s gonna be a new dawn in the Mideast,” and also claimed that the estimated $1 billion a day being spent on the war is the “best money ever spent.”

His cheerleading for the war has sparked criticism from some fellow conservatives, including Megyn Kelly and Meghan McCain.

Kelly said last week that “the problem with Lindsay Graham isn’t (just) that he’s a homicidal maniac, it’s that Trump likes and is listening to him, and Trump’s favorite channel is parading him around like a Hefner bunny in stockings on every show.”

Meanwhile, McCain recently said on X that she’s known Graham since she was a child, but she is now “imploring anyone who will listen in the Trump administration to stop sending this man out” as a surrogate.

“He is scaring people and doing damage to whatever message you’re trying to sell to the American public about the Iran war,” she wrote.

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