WASHINGTON — President Trump defended Sen. Darline Graham as he traveled to South Carolina Friday in an try to rescue her marketing campaign after she stunningly said at a debate this week that “I’m not that informed on national security.”

“All she was is being honest. She’s very smart, and she was being honest,” Trump informed reporters at Joint Base Andrews as he traveled to Myrtle Beach for an night rally on Graham’s behalf forward of her Aug. 25 Senate major runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC).

“I mean, she’s into the price of groceries, the price of food, the price of beef, and it’s not — it hasn’t been her thing, but she’s surrounded by very good people, and she said that she’s totally for the military.”

President Trump defended Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) as he traveled to marketing campaign for her in Myrtle Beach. AFP via Getty Images

Trump added: “I mean, she’s going to do what the military wants and really what the president wants. She understands that national security is my thing, and she is a terrific woman.”

Graham was appointed to her late brother Lindsey’s Senate seat — at Trump’s urging — on July 14 by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, but is at danger of dropping the Republican nomination for a full six-year time period in the aftermath of her weak debate efficiency.

Graham said a Tuesday debate that she was “not that informed” on nationwide safety. Anadolu via Getty Images

She obtained 32.7% of the vote in the preliminary major spherical of voting on Aug. 11, with Norman taking 24.6% and Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) coming in third with 19.7%.

The northeast of the state — where Trump is visiting — voted closely for Fry in the first spherical, in concept making his supporters essential to the consequence of the second spherical.

Graham faces Rep. Ralph Norman in an Aug. 25 Senate major runoff election. Getty Images

Graham stumbled on stage when she was requested about the relevance of Taiwan and the South China Sea to US nationwide safety.

“I’m not that informed on national security — so,” she replied. “National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise, but I do support the military.”