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Charlie Kirk
Thank you for listening to this Podcast 1 production now available on Apple Podcasts, Podcast 1, Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts. Hey, everybody. Today on the Charlie Kirk Show, I have a real treat for you. My exclusive interview with the President of the United States. We just hosted him exclusively in Phoenix, Arizona, and I have my private conversation that will now be made public here on the Charlie Kirk Show. Email me your questions, freedom charliekirk.com this episode is brought to you advertiser free by those of you that go to charliekirk.com support that chip in $20 or $50 or $100 a month. That helps cover our production costs. That helps cover the cost of the staff that we have here to fact check and research everything that we are doing. So please go to charliekirk.com support and help out the show. One of the greatest honors of my life to be able to interview the President of the United States on this program, this show that is a little bit over a year old. One of the greatest, most amazing, humbling opportunities that an individual can have to interview the leader of the free world. You guys are really gonna enjoy this. Email me your questions, freedom charliekirk.com you're in for a treat. Buckle up. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.
Donald Trump
I want you to know we are
Charlie Kirk
lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.
Donald Trump
I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point usa.
Charlie Kirk
We not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. Hey, everybody. Sorry that we missed today. Been a little busy, complicated business. We just hosted the President of the United States in Phoenix, Arizona. Turning Point Action Students for Trump hosted President Trump to an absolutely packed room. And right before the President took the stage, I had the opportunity to sit down with him and ask him some exclusive questions. And you're gonna hear them right here on the Charlie Kirk Show. Right before he went on stage, we had the opportunity to have a pretty remarkable conversation. And you're gonna hear it right here on this program. Before we get into that, I want to just tell you about the incredible event that our team at Turning Point Action put on for the President of the United States. As many of you probably saw some of the headlines the days before the Phoenix event, that we held. There was a lot of media chatter about whether or not the president could still draw crowds, whether the president's support was possibly waning, about whether the president was able to still command an audience, whether the president's base is disappearing. Well, in Phoenix, Arizona, we hosted the President during, let's just say, less than desirable circumstances with all that's going on with the Chinese coronavirus. 3000 plus young people from all across Arizona and the American Southwest. Some of the headlines have been incredible covering the event. Newsweek Students for Trump Packs Arizona event. Even after TikTok Teens Tulsa Rally Mischief Associated Press with student gathering, Trump gets a more boisterous crowd in Arizona. Thank you. AP and Politico says in Arizona, Trump has a redo of his Oklahoma rally. The president renewed his performance for a packed crowd. We are very honored to participate in this and thank you guys that support the Charlie Kirk show, that help get our message out and really help support Turning Point usa. Help support Turning Point Action. Support students for Trump support. This was a really big deal for the country to be able to get the president in front of a energetic crowd. I think that this is one of the best speeches I have ever heard him give. And I've heard him probably give hundreds of speeches since he has taken office, obviously since he has run for the presidency. And it's just amazing. I want to share with you just some of the best lines and some of the incredible moments from him speaking at our Turning Point Action event. But it's going to be hard to convey this and communicate this, but the energy was absolutely off the charts. It was a kinetic form of energy. The president was in rare form. He was enjoying communicating with the next generation. And the applause was deafening. In fact, as soon as the president stepped into the church where we held the event, Dream City Church in Phoenix. Thank you to the Barnett family that opened up their church and allowed us to rent out their facility. It was absolutely incredible. But as soon as the president stepped onto the grounds, the crowd was roaring and the president said, you got a really big crowd, don't you? I said, yes, Mr. President, yes, we do. We got it just for you. Let's just start with some of my favorite moments from the speech. The president did mention me at the top of the speech and he talked about raising up a generation of patriots who are going to stand up for truth and freedom. Play tape.
Donald Trump
Let us also show our appreciation to my good friend Charlie. I'll tell you, Charlie is some piece of work. Who is mobilizing a new generation of pro American student activists, that's what you are, and really smart. And you'll be up here someday. Somebody in that audience, maybe a few of you, you're going to be up here, right here. Who are tough and smart and determined and truly unstoppable. You are.
Charlie Kirk
The President then went into some of the cultural issues. See, this speech was different than the campaign rally a couple days before. The President really went right into the cultural battle happening in America.
Donald Trump
You know what's going on because you're on the front lines of a tremendous intellectual struggle for the future of our country. That's really what you're talking about, the future of our country.
You see what's happening? It's a disgrace.
It's a disgrace. If we weren't here, you could forget it. Okay? But we're going to be here and then you're going to be here.
We're going to keep it going for a long time.
Charlie Kirk
The President also went after the radical left and their demands for conformity. Play tape.
Donald Trump
The radical left demands absolute conformity from every professor, researcher, reporter, journalist, corporation entertainer, politician, campus speaker and private citizen. But we have Charlie and we have our people.
And our people are stronger.
Our people are stronger and our people are smarter.
Charlie Kirk
And the chance for our country, usa, in God we trust. It was incredible, of course, the four more years chance that I really enjoyed. And the President summed up the culture war perfectly. Our country did not grow great with the leftist ideology. And he pinpointed this. It's almost like he's been listening to the Charlie Kirk Show. I have to say, maybe he's listened to some of our episodes in the previous weeks because he was reading word for word what we have been saying for the last couple weeks. Play tape.
Donald Trump
Unbelievable spirit. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. But the radical left, they hate our history, they hate our values, and they hate everything we prize as Americans. And we're right because our country didn't grow great with them.
It grew great with you and your
thought process and your ideology. The left wing mob is trying to demolish our heritage so they can replace it with a new repressive regime that they alone control. They're tearing down statues, desecrating monuments and purging dissenters. It's not the behavior of a peaceful political movement. It's the behavior of totalitarians and tyrants and people that don't love our country. They don't love our country. The left is not trying to promote justice or equality or lift up the downtrodden. They have one goal, the pursuit of their own political power for whatever reason. But that's their goal. That really seems to be their goal. Their goal or their sickness. And if you give power to people that demolish monuments and attack churches and seize city streets and set fire to buildings, then nothing is sacred and know what is safe.
Charlie Kirk
And then the president zeroed in on law and order, talking about standing with citizens who want to live safely in their country. Play tape.
Donald Trump
We believe in law and order. We support the men and women of law enforcement and we stand with the citizens in every city and every community and every part of our country who wish to live in safety, security, dignity and peace. And we know that American patriots don't bow down to foreign powers. We don't back down from left wing bullies and the only authority we worship is our God.
Charlie Kirk
And did you hear that applause for the almighty God.
Donald Trump
Man.
Charlie Kirk
Is that refreshing instead of just the secular leftism that we have been seeing on television recently. The President then touted his Supreme Court justices, 300 federal judges in order to get more. He needs to win. Playtape.
Donald Trump
My administration has been delivering historic gains for the American people. Like no one has ever done in the first, first three and a half years of a presidency. Not even close. It's not even close. By the end of my first term we will have close to 300 federal judges appointed and approved. 300. If you get 10. It's a lot. 300. An all time record. And very importantly, we confirm two great Supreme Court justices. And we have to win because obviously we need more justices on the Supreme Court. People don't realize how important that is. I've always heard it's the most important
thing you can do.
I always said defense, but that's right there. Supreme Court justices and judges.
Charlie Kirk
Probably one of the biggest reactions of the entire speech, the enthusiasm off the charts was when the President mentioned the Space Force Playtape.
Donald Trump
And we are setting records. We spent over $2 trillion to completely rebuild the awesome power of the United States military. And I very proudly created the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, the Space Force.
Charlie Kirk
And the just came from a visit at the border wall which led with build the wall chants massive response Playtape.
Donald Trump
And I've just come from the Arizona border Humont where we marked the completion of over 220 miles of brand new beautiful border wa.
Charlie Kirk
And of course the President went into the Chinese coronavirus and he asked the audience what he should call it and it was Trump at his best.
Donald Trump
Playtape with COVID Do you ever notice I said the other night. Did anybody see my speech the other night on Saturday night? So what I said the other night. There's never been anything where they have so many names. I could give you 19 or 20
names for that, right?
It's got all different names. Wuhan. Wuhan was catching on. Coronavirus, right? Kung Flu. Yeah, kung flu. Covid. COVID 19. Covid. I said, what's the 19? COVID 19. Some people can't explain what the 19. Give me the COVID 19. I said, that's an odd name. I could give you many, many names. Some people call it the Chinese flu, the China flu. Right? They call it the China as opposed to the China. I never seen anything like it.
Charlie Kirk
And the president was unafraid to tout his accomplishments when it came to the black community. Historical black colleges, opportunity zones, countless jobs and more. Play tape.
Donald Trump
And I signed groundbreaking criminal justice reform, which nobody was able to get done. Very important. Very important. Very. I secured record and permanent funding for historically black colleges and universities. Nobody does that. And we created opportunity Zones along with Tim Scott. And since then, countless jobs and $100 billion of new investment have poured into 9,000 of our most distressed neighborhoods in the country. 9,000 opportunity zones. So think of it. I did criminal justice reform. We did a lot of work on prison or prison reform. We did opportunity zones. Think of this. Think of all we've done. And we've taken care of the black colleges and universities. And nobody talks about it. But I have to talk about it. And you know what? Our black communities know it. And I think you're going to see
something really great happen because they understand it.
They really understand it.
Charlie Kirk
And the president talked about being an aspirational nation, going places we've never gone before. Planting our flag on Mars. Playtape.
Donald Trump
But last month, we returned American astronauts to space aboard American rockets for the first time in nearly a decade. And the United States will be the first nation to plant our beautiful American flag on planet Mars.
Charlie Kirk
And the president's comments on defunding and abolishing the police are very, very relevant. In fact, he said, when they said they were going to abolish the police, I might have just won the election. Playtape.
Donald Trump
This is why the left is so dangerous. They always put their ideology before your safety. It's crazy what's going on. Defund and abolish the police. How's that a good idea? You know, I passed a set. I was in the White House, and there was a set. And it had them say, think of it.
Defund and Abolish.
I said, what are they going to defund? No, I said, it says defund and abolish. I said, what? What are they going to defund and abolish? I thought it was going to be something they said, the police. I said, oh, great, I just won the election. That's great.
Charlie Kirk
And probably my favorite line of the entire speech is when the President mentioned Martin Luther King's I have a dream speech. Judging people by the content of their character, not the color of your skin. Which is now a controversial sentiment because the left judges people on the color of their skin, not on the content of their character. Play tape.
Donald Trump
We embrace the noble vision of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. And believe that people should not be judged based on the color of their skin, but the content of their character. This is a choice of two the left's vision of disunity and discord or our vision of equal opportunity and equal justice.
Charlie Kirk
The President rightly identified mail in ballots as being a massive gateway to fraud all across the country. And it got good boos from our Turning Point audience member.
Donald Trump
The Democrats are also trying to rig the election by sending out tens of millions of mail in ballots, using the China virus as the excuse for allowing people not to go to the polls. Hey, we have a virus coming. We have to send. Think of it, California. He's going to be sending out millions and millions of ballots. Well, where are they going? Where are these ballots going? Who's getting them? Who is not getting them? Little section that's Republican. Will they be stolen from mailboxes as they get put in by the mailman? Will they be taken from the mailman and the mail women? Will they be forged? Who is signing them? Who's signing them? What are they signed to the kitchen table and sent in? Will they be counterfeited by groups inside our nation? Will they be counterfeited maybe by the millions by foreign powers who don't want to see Trump win? Because nobody has been tougher on trade or making our country great again. Nobody. No. Mail in ballots is a disaster for our country. It's going to end up in a big fight. You know, look, look, just, just forget about all of this stuff. Forget about speeches and teleprompters and all of that. They send out millions of ballots. Who's getting them? How are they delivered? Who's not getting them? Think of it. It's going to be fraud all over the place. And if you look right now, if you look right now, look at all of the disputes they're having on mail in Ballots. A friend of mine who's a great guy, had a son who passed away seven years ago. Seven years ago. He came to see me the other day. He said, they just sent to my son Robert, a mail in ballot. He died seven years ago. There's no way they can control that with mail in ballots. You introduce something in the middle of an election year and you have something where it's very complex. You have no time to fix this very complex process. It's very complex. This will be, in my opinion, the most corrupt election in the history of our country. And we cannot let this happen. They want it to happen so badly.
Charlie Kirk
And we also had some of our Turning Point students come up and tell their stories, some incredible testimonies. And now we're going to get to my conversation, my private conversation that has not yet been aired, but it will be aired here on this Charlie Kirk show momentarily. But I want to talk about Nia Moore. Nia Moore is a black young woman from Minneapolis. She gave incredible testimony about the fraud that is the Black Lives Matter movement. And she said something that was correct. Black lives do matter. All lives do matter. But black lives don't matter to Black Lives Matter. She said this in front of the President, in front of millions of people. And I was so proud because she's a Turning Point activist. Playtape.
Nia Moore
If Black Lives Matter truly cared about black lives, they would not have allowed the riots to destroy black businesses and black communities. If they cared about black lives, they would defund Planned Parenthood. If Black Lives Matter cared about black lives, they would address the astronomically high numbers of black on black crime in inner cities. They try to pain us as the bad guys for not supporting the organization. But it's not the saying Black Lives Matter. I think there's very few conservatives that believe black lives don't matter. We do believe Black Lives matter. We just believe they all matter, not just the lives the left chooses to exploit. Mr. President, I just want to say thank you for being a great example of a big tent Republican. The President has never needed the black vote to win, but he has still done incredible work with prison reform, lowering Black unemployment, funding HBCUs and stimulating the black community with opportunity zones, All with pandering. Once upon a time, the President asked the black community what we had to lose. We didn't have anything. But now we do. Thank you, Mr. President.
Charlie Kirk
I asked the President about what his message is going to be to young people. I also asked him some other questions that you're going to be very, very interested about. I just want to say I'm beyond honored and quite honestly, humbled. I'm a 26 year old who never went to college, who was told I would fail at every single turn by certain people, still had amazing people believe in me. Still this day, people are cheering for my demise. Not so fast, my friends. But to be able to interview the President of the United States, he takes time to take some questions from me and we gave him the option. We had the podcast set up there. I said, Mr. President, you know, do you have a moment or two or three to be able to discuss? He said, of course, Charlie. I mean, that is incredible. I had this conversation with him and he said, I wanted to go on your podcast. I want you to have great numbers. And so he gave us an exclusive on these remarks. And I am just honored. And it's a Testament if a 26 year old who didn't go to college can interview and host the President, United States, what dream do you have that people are telling you that you can't achieve? So I'm honored to be able to share these remarks and this private conversation that's now being made public between myself and the 45th President, United States, Donald Trump. Mr. President, welcome to Arizona.
Donald Trump
Well, thank you very much.
Charlie Kirk
You're about to address the second largest gathering post lockdown, I think on the planet.
Donald Trump
That's right.
Charlie Kirk
All young people. What is your message to the next generation?
Donald Trump
I think it's just hope. And I think that we are doing a great job. We had the best job numbers we've ever had a month ago, actually two weeks ago, the retail numbers were coming back very strong. We had this problem with China where they sent something over here, probably by accident, who knows. And we're coming out of it very strong, very powerfully. The third quarter is going to be incredible. I think. I really believe it will be. And fourth quarter is going to be really good. And next year is going to be one of the best years we've ever had. So it's going to be great for young people.
Charlie Kirk
You signed an executive order yesterday that I loved and appreciated. Restricting immigration that will protect jobs of young graduates. Can you tell us a little about that?
Donald Trump
Well, very simply, we want to take care of Americans first. And I'm okay with having people come in based on merit. You know that I've been talking to you about that for a long time. But we want to have people come in on merit. But right now we have jobs to fill and I want to do that before I even think about anything else. And we signed something that's very strong. It's really America First. It's the old story. America first is a very simple message
Charlie Kirk
to put our country and our generation first. So, Mr. President, you have been outspoken about the need for the silent majority to be silent no longer. So many young people are losing their jobs because of their beliefs. Some of them get physically threatened. In closing here, one last kind of piece of messaging as you hear the crowd roar in anticipation.
Donald Trump
Mr. Great crowd.
Charlie Kirk
Incredible. In fact, every single seat filled. And we had kind of a little battle with the fire marshal over it.
Donald Trump
But I said that you always win those battles.
Yes, sir.
Charlie Kirk
So for young conservatives out there that are being targeted for their beliefs, what is your message for them?
Donald Trump
Well, we're going to be doing something, I'm going to be, you know, I, you saw what I did, having to do with schools that are funded and they get funded. And I know it's had a big impact on you. And I know you sold out. You have sold out crowds and everything else. But we're winning. We're in the White House. We're going to win the White House again.
Hopefully.
We're going to win the Senate. We're going to bring back the House. We are doing great. And I really think that as far as targeting, I like targeting back. You know, they go after people's business, business, they go after customers. If you advertise in a conservative show, you know what's going on. They go after the advertisers, boycotts. Oh, it's a disgrace. What they do is a disgrace. And the bottom line is we're winning and they're knocking down our monuments and they're knocking down our statues, they're knocking down all sorts of things. In the end, we're going to knock them down. We're going to win this. We're going to win it really big. And these incredible people that I hear in the background, they're on the winning team. And I think the other side has, frankly, I think they've just lost it and you see it, but we'll see what happens. November, we have to go. November 3rd is a big day.
Charlie Kirk
It is a big day.
Donald Trump
It's a big day. We're all waiting for it. And I think we're doing really well. We're all set to go. We're just starting the campaign right now. You know, we were on television the other night for a speech and it was the highest rating in the history of FOX on a Saturday night. And the history, that's a long history. It's a lot of good shows and some probably pretty bad ones too, but. And online, you saw the kind of numbers we got.
Charlie Kirk
11 million views.
Donald Trump
Yeah, there are tremendous, there's a tremendous spirit out there that I guess they call it enthusiasm that people haven't seen in a long time. So I think we're going to do really well.
Charlie Kirk
Mr. President, we have your back. Thank you for fighting for our generation and can't wait to hear what you have to say.
Donald Trump
You've always had my back and I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Charlie. Thanks.
Charlie Kirk
So look, I was so honored. The president just took the time he did to speak with me backstage before he addressed our students and gave us those private remarks. And I just think more than that conversation, there were some very amazing things that were said there. Talking about young people and the next generation and what's happening in our country. I just hope you take away the lesson that if you conceive, believe, work, you can achieve anything in this country. And it's just, I'm so honored to call myself an American. I'm a patriot. I'm gonna continue to fight for this country every single day. I want to thank you guys for supporting our show. This episode was brought to you advertiser free by those of you that have gone to charliekirk.com support and have chipped in some money. $20 a month, $50 a month. Thank you and God bless you. This keeps our show going. Just to give you an idea, the producers here on the Charlie Kirk show, they did not sleep the last four or five days. They had to put on the entire production for the President of the United States. They had to cut the episodes. We have two episodes coming out today. We're going to try to keep up that pace the best we can. We are the hardest working podcast team in politics and we plan to keep it that way. And we're honored by your support. Please go to charliekirk.com support if you guys want to get involved with Turning Point USA to help us win America's culture war, go to tpusa.com that is TP for 20 people that email us. Freedom. Charliekirk.com subscribe. Give us a five star review. You guys will get a copy of the MAGA Doctrine. We are sending out more and more copies of the New York Times bestseller magadoctrine. So here's what you got to do. You got to subscribe. Give us a five star review. Email us freedomcharliekirk.com and you might be selected one of 20 to get a signed copy of the New York Times bestseller MAGA Doctrine, Check out turningpoint USA tpusa.com Email me your questions. You can do anything you put your mind to, especially in this beautiful, beautiful country we live in. Be grateful. Fight for it. Stand with courage. God bless you. Thanks for listening.
Date: June 25, 2020
Host: Charlie Kirk
Guest: President Donald J. Trump
In this special episode, Charlie Kirk presents an exclusive interview and event recap featuring President Donald Trump, recorded at a Turning Point Action “Students for Trump” event in Phoenix, Arizona. The episode blends reflections on the event’s atmosphere, highlights from the President’s speech, student testimonials, and a backstage interview with Trump. The focus is on culture war themes, the administration’s achievements, and energizing young conservatives ahead of the 2020 election.
(Begins ~[24:28])
"You are mobilizing a new generation of pro American student activists... truly unstoppable."
– Donald Trump, ([05:05])
"The radical left, they hate our history, they hate our values... They're tearing down statues, desecrating monuments and purging dissenters. It's not the behavior of a peaceful political movement. It's the behavior of totalitarians and tyrants..."
– Donald Trump, ([07:17])
"We believe in law and order. We support the men and women of law enforcement... American patriots don't bow down to foreign powers."
– Donald Trump, ([08:53])
"By the end of my first term we will have close to 300 federal judges appointed and approved... an all time record."
– Donald Trump, ([09:57])
"Defund and abolish the police. How’s that a good idea?... Oh great, I just won the election."
– Donald Trump, ([15:57])
"We embrace the noble vision of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr... not judged based on the color of their skin, but the content of their character."
– Donald Trump, ([17:06])
"This will be, in my opinion, the most corrupt election in the history of our country. And we cannot let this happen."
– Donald Trump, ([20:19])
"If Black Lives Matter truly cared about black lives, they would not have allowed the riots to destroy black businesses and black communities..."
– Nia Moore, ([21:13])
"We're winning and... In the end, we're going to knock them down. We're going to win this. We're going to win it really big."
– Donald Trump, ([26:35])
The episode maintains a celebratory, combative, and unapologetically conservative tone, emphasizing optimism, patriotism, and resistance to what is depicted as radical leftism. Charlie Kirk is openly reverent toward President Trump, enthusiastic about Turning Point’s grassroots impact, and consistently rallies listeners around the 2020 election and “culture war” stakes.
This episode offered listeners a front-row seat to a pivotal campaign moment, highlighting Donald Trump’s culture war rhetoric, his administration’s claimed achievements, election warnings, and aspirations for America’s youth. The energy of the Phoenix event, coupled with student voices and a personal interview backstage, conveys Kirk’s mission to mobilize the next generation of conservative activism.