“What he created, at that point, he had a couple chapters. Turning Point was in its infancy. They had absolutely no funding, and yet he spoke about this big dream of creating this incredible organization and inspiring millions and millions of kids and really redirecting the whole political conversation all across youth across the country. What’s a bigger goal than that?” Trump said on Wednesday during Fox News’s Hannity<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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<\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>“And he did it. And I watched him over that 10-year period of time. Ten years ago I met him, right, and I watched him over that period of time, and he was truly one of these great forces of nature,” Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recalled how he and Kirk once visited Georgetown, Trump’s alma mater, which is “incredibly liberal,” and the two had “the greatest conversations with kids on both sides of the spectrum.” He also praised Kirk for loving the United States, God, his family, and the “Make America Great Again” movement.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also shared his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3156525\/eric-trump-bullets-only-going-one-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">belief that bullets are “only going one way,”<\/a> pointing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3800855\/secret-service-trump-close-calls-reignite-questions-presidential-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the two assassination attempts on his father<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/203425\/scalise-talks-congressional-baseball-shooting-six-years-later-god-was-on-the-field\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)<\/a>. He asked when the “senseless nonsense” will stop, and when media outlets like MSNBC will be held accountable for fostering “this hate.”<\/p>\n<p>“It’s enough,” Trump said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3801852\/charlie-kirk-murdered-winning-war-public-persuasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CHARLIE KIRK WAS MURDERED FOR WINNING THE WAR OF PUBLIC PERSUASION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3801584\/msnbc-under-fire-for-tone-on-reporting-charlie-kirk-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Multiple MSNBC clips covering Kirk’s shooting<\/a> are going viral on X for controv<\/span>ersial statements, particularly from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-holds-1-million-stake-in-equity-fund-linked-to-uyghur-labor-abuse\/\" title=\"John Kerry Holds Million Stake in Equity Fund Linked To Uyghur Labor Abuse\">analyst&nbsp<\/a>;Matthew Dowd, who appears to blame Kirk for the attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3802466\/msnbc-analyst-matthew-dowd-fired-charlie-kirk-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The network fired Dowd<\/a> late Wednesday for his “unacceptable” comments.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeSquawk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeSquawk<\/a> says <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> called to congratulate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SquawkCNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SquawkCNBC<\/a> on 30 years: He’s devastated about Charlie Kirk — and said he thinks Charlie could’ve been President one day. He went on to say the country will heal and if the country wins, we’ll all be able to come together. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sWuIPFlNYC\">pic.twitter.com\/sWuIPFlNYC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1966119974763966590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>CNBC <em>SquawkBox<\/em> cohost Joe Kernen said Thursday that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802380\/trump-radical-left-violence-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\">Donald T<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802380\/trump-radical-left-violence-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">r<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802380\/trump-radical-left-violence-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\">ump<\/a> spoke about Kirk during a call to congratulate the show’s 30-year anniversary. 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