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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, the largest and fastest growing conservative youth activist organization in the country with over 250,000 student members, over 150 full-time staff, and a presence on over 2,000 high school and college campuses nationwide. Charlie is also the Chairman of Students for Trump, which aims to activate one million new college voters on campuses in battleground states in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election. His social media reaches over 100 million people per month and according to Axios, he is one of the "top 10 most engaged" Twitter handles in the world. He is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” which regularly ranks among the top news shows on Apple podcast charts.
Charlie Kirk on Steven Miller and JD Vance Leading the Conservative Movement's Ideological Vanguard
Charlie Kirk celebrates the rising influence of Steven Miller and JD Vance as the ideological vanguard of the conservative movement. Kirk highlights Miller's masterful CNN appearance defending the Trump administration's constitutional authority to deport Tren de Aragua gang members under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. He contrasts the composed, fact-driven approach of conservative leaders with their opposition, arguing that the current administration benefits from a deep bench of talent that the first Trump term lacked. Kirk also addresses Chief Justice Roberts' pushback against calls to impeach judges who rule against President Trump, framing the dispute as a constitutional crisis over who holds sovereign power in America.
There is an ascendant, growing, and increasingly popular force and energy in the conservative movement's ideological vanguard: JD Vance and Steven Miller. Charlie Kirk wants to brag on both of these leaders for a moment. They're both great friends of his, and he's honored to call them friends. They are in the trenches fighting for the country every single day.
Steven Miller had without a doubt one of the best and most informative cable news segments you'll ever find. Usually cable news is largely a waste of time, especially CNN. Miller goes on there and puts on a PhD-level master class on exactly what is happening with the expulsion and deportation of Tren de Aragua invaders through a constitutional lens.
Steven Miller's Constitutional Master Class on CNN
Miller argues brilliantly, running circles around Casey Hunt, explaining why President Trump and his administration are in their rightful authority to conduct these deportations and why a district court judge is defecating on the Constitution when he dares challenge it. She was so in over her head. It was delicious to watch.
These are two young guns—Steven Miller and JD Vance—that are the ideological vanguard. They are simultaneously fighting for the president and his agenda. During the segment, Miller stated:
"The president of the United States and his administration reserve all rights under the Constitution to conduct national security operations in defense of the United States. The Alien Enemies Act, which was passed into law by the founding generation of this country, men like John Adams, was written explicitly to give the president the authority to repel an alien invasion of the United States. That is not something that a district court judge has any authority whatsoever to interfere with, to enjoin, to restrict, or to restrain in any way. You can read the law yourself. There's not one clause in that law that makes it subject to judicial review, let alone district court review."
The Constitutional Debate
When questioned about whether Venezuela was invading the country in a way that would trigger the Alien Enemies Act, Miller explained: "Under the terms of the statute, Tren de Aragua is an alien enemy force that has come here at the direction of the Venezuelan government. The statute says that a president has the ability to repel an invasion or predatory incursion that is directed by a state or a government."
Miller continued: "And here's an even more important point. Under the Constitution, who makes that determination? A district court judge elected by no one or the commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy? The president makes that determination."
Kirk notes that you have to get a side-by-side image up on screen. On the right you have very calm, stable, stoic, measured, wise alpha male Steven Miller with his life together, beautiful family, defending his nation. On the left, Casey Hunt was so out of her element and Steven Miller was just playing with her.
Kirk's favorite part was when she said, "Well, according to your own post," and Miller replied, "Nope, nope," and then read it word for word. Some CNN producer then put up the quote and it turned out Steven Miller was right. She got even the quote wrong that he was rehearsing. And of course, she had people in her ear, obviously three or four producers piping in trying to give her one-liners. It's just a perfect picture of what is going on in the country right now. It was a 10 out of 10 master class.
Reading the Statute
Miller continued his constitutional lesson: "Read the statute, Alien Enemies Act 1798. It says if a predatory incursion is perpetrated by a foreign government, so it lists three qualifying actions. The statute delineates three criteria for triggering the Alien Enemies Act. One is an act of war, which by the way, an invasion is an act of war, but put that aside. One is an invasion, which this is. One is a predatory incursion, which this is. So, it actually meets all three statutory criteria."
When Hunt was wrong, Miller simply said: "Wrong." She has a whole platoon of producers. This is all Casey Hunt does. Her job is to do one hour of just reading a teleprompter. Her whole day is configured around this. Stephen Miller is up at 5 in the morning. He's got three kids. He's a phenomenal husband, a resolute fighter for the country, governing nine different things, and then he has to get ready for a cable news hit and she still can't be prepared for it.
Judicial Authority and Constitutional Powers
Miller explained the constitutional limits on judicial power: "Under a proper reading of the Constitution, district court judges provide relief to individual plaintiffs seeking relief. District court judges do not have the authority as a general matter to enjoin the functioning of the executive branch. But their authority is at its lowest point when the president is exercising his powers as commander-in-chief."
He then asked Hunt a question she never answered: "Can a district court judge enjoin troop movements overseas? Just say no and then you'll know that I'm right." Kirk notes this was a chef's kiss master class. Steven Miller is absolutely right—a district court judge does not have authority to enjoin a president's ability to do foreign policy matters.
The Deep Bench of Trump's Second Term
Kirk emphasizes that it's not just President Trump shouldering this burden. You have an entire team: Steven Miller, JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Elon Musk. There's this phenomenal deep bench and they don't know which attack vector to focus on because it's a team of all-stars.
Looking at Trump's second term versus his first term, Kirk notes that in the first term, they did not have this chorus, this symphony of rock stars and all-stars. The future is very bright.
Chief Justice Roberts and the Constitutional Crisis
Breaking news emerged that Chief Justice Roberts pushed back against calls to impeach judges who rule against President Trump. A legal mind has told Kirk exclusively: "This is completely improper for a chief justice to do. The courts are totally out of control right now."
Kirk explains that the sovereign power in America has been primarily concentrated into two buckets over the last 100 years: the unelected bureaucracy and the unelected courts. Almost all of the power has been broken into those two buckets. The sovereign is actually in the people and that's why we have presidents.
Can President Trump impeach judges? Of course he can constitutionally. It's one of the only checks and balances in the system. Now John Roberts is coming out trying to say that it's wrong for Donald Trump to do this. They are creating the constitutional crisis here because they are losing their grip on power.
President Trump used the law of the land to repel and deport Tren de Aragua. Can you imagine if every time someone needs to be deported they have to have a separate hearing? That's the way they could destroy deportations through bureaucracy. They could end the deportation effort by grinding it to a halt by using the federal bureaucracy.
Did these judges win seven swing states? Did these judges win a popular vote mandate? Chief Justice Roberts stated: "For more than two centuries it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."
Kirk's response: "Chief Justice Roberts, you are totally wrong here. You are totally wrong. The appellate review process will be used and I think your Supreme Court will end up siding with President Trump. But a district court judge has no authority or jurisdiction over foreign policy decisions of a duly elected president of the United States."
