Trump's UFC Return to Madison Square Garden After Winning Reelection
Showing 4 Madison Square Garden videos from Charlie Kirk's video collection.
President-elect Donald Trump received a thunderous ovation at UFC 309 in Madison Square Garden following his 2024 election victory, appearing alongside Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Vivek Ramaswamy in what Charlie Kirk described as a cultural realignment moment extending well beyond the political victory itself, punctuated by UFC champion Jon Jones dedicating his championship belt to Trump and performing what commentators dubbed the "Trump dance." Kirk separately breaks down how Turning Point Action out-organized Kamala Harris's campaign infrastructure, mocking Democratic strategists' post-election media tour explanations for their loss, including claims about coordinated Super PAC spending that Kirk argues came across as an excuse rather than genuine self-reflection. A later retrospective, published roughly two months after Kirk's assassination, argues that conservative media's efforts to sustain his legacy as an ongoing political movement have largely failed to maintain the same cultural momentum his live events once generated.