{"id":2486377,"date":"2025-09-14T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-trump-says-sleeping-enemy-has-been-awoken-after-kirk-assassination\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:25:55","slug":"eric-trump-says-sleeping-enemy-has-been-awoken-after-kirk-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-trump-says-sleeping-enemy-has-been-awoken-after-kirk-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Trump says \u2018sleeping enemy\u2019 has been awoken after Kirk assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feric-trump-says-sleeping-enemy-has-been-awoken-after-kirk-assassination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2486377&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article covers eric Trump&#8217;s reaction to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Eric Trump described the killing as a &#8220;hit on our country&#8221; that has &#8220;awoken a sleeping enemy,&#8221; referring to mobilized voters nationwide, both young and old. He invoked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-chief-of-staff-agrees-inflation-a-high-class-problem\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Chief Of Staff Agrees: Inflation A \u2018High-Class Problem\u2019\">famous quote attributed<\/a> to a Japanese admiral after Pearl Harbor about awakening a &#8220;sleeping giant,&#8221; suggesting Kirk&#8217;s assassination could galvanize political resolve. President Donald Trump also condemned the rhetoric from the &#8220;radical Left,&#8221; blaming it for inciting violence and calling for an end to such divisive language.Simultaneously occurring, political figures like Utah Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utah-axes-gun-permit-requirement\/\" title=\"Utah Axes Gun-Permit Requirement\u00a0\">spencer cox<\/a> and senator James Lankford have urged national unity, advocating for calm, nonviolent responses and more community engagement to counteract escalating political tensions and violence.The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article highlights differing perspectives<\/a> on handling political violence and rhetoric in the wake of Kirk&#8217;s death. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Eric Trump says &lsquo;sleeping enemy&rsquo; has been awoken after Kirk assassination<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2229575\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Trump<\/a> said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assassinations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assassination<\/a> of conservative activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> has awoken a &ldquo;sleeping enemy&rdquo; of mobilized young and older voters across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em> with Maria Bartiromo, Trump, a friend of Kirk, referenced the famous reported <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/11713\/awakening-the-sleeping-giant-the-birth-of-the-greatest-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quote<\/a> from a Japanese admiral after the attack on Pearl Harbor, &ldquo;I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.&rdquo; Trump said the quote &ldquo;rings true&rdquo; to Kirk&rsquo;s assassination and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SundayFutures\/status\/1967251978851176947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">likened his death<\/a> to a &ldquo;hit on our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3807021\/mark-kelly-trump-exploit-charlie-kirk-death-cox-unity\/\">Kelly contrasts Trump &#8216;trying to exploit&#8217; Kirk&#8217;s death with Cox urging unity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3806960\/spencer-cox-charlie-kirk-inflammatory-shooting\/\">Cox says Kirk said &#8216;some very inflammatory&#8217; things but also preached forgiveness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3806939\/denver-school-shooting-suspect-neo-nazi-views-online\/\">Denver school shooting suspect expressed neo-Nazi views online, report says<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;They truly have awoken that sleeping giant, just not within the youth vote but really transcending everybody who&rsquo;s in this nation. It&rsquo;s had such a profound effect on this nation,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SundayFutures\/status\/1967251978851176947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;This could have been the greatest mistake these people have ever made.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump did not specify who &ldquo;they&rdquo; are. Many lawmakers and politicians have criticized the polarized rhetoric across the country that they say leads to political violence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization and son of United States President Donald Trump, speaks during the Bitcoin Asia 2025, at the Hong Kong Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong, on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo\/Daniel Ceng)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an Oval Office address on Wednesday, President Donald Trump condemned the way the &ldquo;radical Left&rdquo; has talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-republican-assemblyman-calls-for-corruption-investigation-into-newsom\/\" title=\"California Republican Assemblyman Calls for Corruption Investigation Into Newsom\">conservative activists<\/a> like Kirk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-q1N6Akpz9c&amp;t=139s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a>, &ldquo;This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for he terrorism that we&rsquo;re seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way possible,&rdquo; Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-q1N6Akpz9c&amp;t=139s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SundayFutures\/status\/1967251978851176947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> Kirk&rsquo;s assassination a &ldquo;hit on our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) has emphasized a unifying message since the assassination. He said on NBC&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/utah-gov-spencer-cox-shares-new-details-about-charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-full-interview-247550021915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meet the Press<\/a><\/em>  on Sunday morning that people need to turn away from social media and violent rhetoric and &ldquo;get back to community.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3806960\/spencer-cox-charlie-kirk-inflammatory-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cox told NBC&rsquo;s Kristen Welker<\/a> that Donald Trump has emphasized that Kirk was an advocate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/watch-trump-says-he-wants-people-respond-to-kirks-killing-with-nonviolence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nonviolence<\/a>. Cox also said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-for-special-counsel-to-investigate-the-2020-presidential-election\/\" title=\"President ... Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate the 2020 Presidential Election\">president called<\/a> him to thank him for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3805311\/spencer-cox-remarks-charlie-kirk-alleged-killer-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press conference speech<\/a> after the Kirk assassination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t do much national press anymore. The White House asked us to come on and to talk about this because they&rsquo;re worried about the escalation that&rsquo;s happening out there,&rdquo; Cox said.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) also preached national unity in an interview with Dana Bash on CNN&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1967221412474794208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State of the Union<\/a><\/em>  on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My staffers have heard me say a thousand times, &lsquo;When there&rsquo;s a fire, you pour water on it, not gasoline.&rsquo; That should be a basic principle,&rdquo; Lankford said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3807021\/mark-kelly-trump-exploit-charlie-kirk-death-cox-unity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KELLY CONTRASTS TRUMP &lsquo;TRYING TO EXPLOIT&rsquo; KIRK&rsquo;S DEATH WITH COX URGING UNITY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lankford <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1967221412474794208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> he is challenging people to discuss their anger and &ldquo;talk about how we actually deal with different issues and how we can communicate these in a better way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are a lot of people angry,&rdquo; Lankford <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1967221412474794208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;I can understand that and appreciate that, but it is important for leaders to be disciplined, to be able to say &lsquo;let&rsquo;s set the example&rsquo; and try to do things very differently.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Trump: Kirk&#8217;s death awakened a &#8220;sleeping enemy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2486378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25241386046037_54b2be.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32336,63094,5894,63319],"class_list":["post-2486377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-eric-trump","tag-kirk-assassination","tag-politics","tag-sleeping-enemy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25241386046037_54b2be.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486377"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486381,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486377\/revisions\/2486381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}