Donald Trump Honors Charlie Kirk, Announces Presidential Medal of Freedom at Memorial Service Tribute

[00:01] Hello everybody.

[00:03] I think we had a great uh

[00:06] a great tribute to a great man, a great

[00:08] wonderful guy. I hope you liked it.

[00:11] >> You know, Doug, for if you have any

[00:13] energy questions, we're ready.

[00:15] >> At the end of the ceremony, Mr.

[00:17] President, you and Erica shared a

[00:19] moment. If you don't mind me asking, did

[00:20] you have what words did you have for

[00:22] her?

[00:22] >> I've gotten to know her over the years.

[00:23] She's she's great. You know, Charlie

[00:26] always used to say she's very smart. He

[00:28] would always say that. You don't

[00:30] necessarily say that about a lot of

[00:31] people, but he always felt she was. And

[00:33] she's got a good heart. And uh, you

[00:36] know, she's got a shot at making it even

[00:39] more special if you think about it.

[00:40] She's going to do good. I think she's

[00:41] going to do a good job. That's a hard

[00:44] thing to do. You know, it's one thing to

[00:46] make a speech, but with that for her to

[00:48] make that speech because I had a really

[00:50] good relationship.

[00:51] >> Mr. President, I'm with Turning Point

[00:52] USA and we just want to say thank you

[00:54] for being there. Thank you for speaking

[00:56] and we offer our deepest condolences

[00:57] because I know Charlie was a friend of

[00:59] yours.

[01:00] >> Well, that gentleman right there was

[01:01] pointing at you

[01:03] >> and I like his question. So, that means

[01:05] he thought you would have question

[01:08] >> or make a statement just like you.

[01:12] >> Are you married?

[01:14] >> Congratulations. When did the ceremony

[01:16] take place?

[01:19] >> No. Um I was just wondering

[01:22] >> He is. He's the best. Uh, I was just

[01:24] wondering because there are a number of

[01:25] spots in and around the White House that

[01:27] are named after specific people. I was

[01:29] wondering if you would be considering

[01:30] naming something after Charlie to honor

[01:32] his life.

[01:32] >> Yeah, there are there are different

[01:34] little areas. Yeah, I like that idea.

[01:36] But we're giving him I think even more

[01:38] importantly, the Presidential Medal of

[01:40] Freedom, which is the highest civilian.

[01:43] It's I guess they say, you know, if you

[01:45] think Congressional Medal of Honor is

[01:47] for military and this is for the

[01:49] civilian. So that's a great tribute to

[01:52] him. great guy.

[01:53] >> Any details around that upcoming event

[01:55] that you can share with us? Any any

[01:57] further details about that event?

[01:59] >> I think the event was just a flawless

[02:00] event. It was beautiful. I thought the

[02:02] last song was incredible the way it was

[02:04] as we were leaving. In fact, I think I'm

[02:07] going to I said, "Who is singing that

[02:09] song and I think what I'll do is I'll

[02:12] grab it and I'll use it at rallies. We

[02:15] have rallies to get people elected and

[02:17] I'll use it at some of the rallies."

[02:19] Wasn't that beautiful?

[02:21] That was the best rendition I've ever

[02:23] heard of. Mr.

[02:24] >> President, Mr. President,

[02:25] >> what can you and your staff do to make

[02:28] sure that over the next three years that

[02:30] you carry forth the vision and the faith

[02:32] of Charlie in a way that honors him?

[02:34] What can you guys do over the next three

[02:35] years?

[02:36] >> I think it's going to be automatic

[02:37] actually and I think turning point is

[02:38] going to be a very big factor. I mean,

[02:41] you see the people now the press

[02:43] reported 200,000 cuz there, you know,

[02:46] different areas, different stadiums and

[02:47] everything. There was a lot of people.

[02:49] That's a big That's an NFL stadium. Uh I

[02:53] think it's going to be automatic. I

[02:54] really do. I think it's automatic.

[02:56] They're great people. He had a good

[02:57] staff and they're great people.

[02:59] >> Mr. President, everyone

[03:00] >> How did you How did your husband do with

[03:02] that question? I thought quite

[03:04] [Music]

[03:06] >> uh Mr. President, everyone's saying that

[03:08] Charlie brought you and Elon back

[03:10] together. Is that true?

[03:12] >> Well, Elon came over and said hello. No,

[03:15] I it's nothing to do with that. Uh I

[03:17] thought it was nice. you know, he came

[03:18] over, had a little conversation. We had

[03:21] a very good relationship, but it was

[03:24] nice that he came over. Dana White was

[03:26] there, the great Dana White. You know,

[03:28] the big question is the uh having the

[03:30] UFC fight as the I know you won't accept

[03:33] tickets because you're with the fake

[03:35] news. You're not allowed to accept

[03:36] tickets, but we're going to have a UFC

[03:39] fight right at the White House. And

[03:42] we're going to end up probably 6,000

[03:44] people in front of the White House. And

[03:45] then on the ellipse, we're going to have

[03:47] 80 or 90,000. It's going to be an

[03:49] unbelievable event, but a lot of people

[03:51] are talking about it.

[03:53] >> Energy question for you. An energy

[03:55] question. Um, you've been calling.

[03:57] >> We have the right man. Go ahead.

[03:59] >> I got the experts. Uh, you've been

[04:00] calling on Europe to stop buying Russian

[04:02] oil. The US has imported $755 million

[04:06] worth of Russian uranium and plutonium

[04:08] so far just this year. That's up from

[04:10] the Biden administration last year,

[04:12] about hundred million dollars. Uh can

[04:14] you ask Europe to cut off purchasing

[04:17] those kinds of products?

[04:18] >> Yeah. Do you know anything about that?

[04:20] >> Well, absolutely. But uh this this goes

[04:22] back not only drill baby drill, but we

[04:24] got a mind baby mind. We allowed

[04:25] ourselves to fall into under dependence

[04:28] of both China and Russia for critical

[04:30] minerals. Uh us America buying uranium

[04:34] from Russia is not acceptable. And so

[04:37] we're working very hard, Secretary of

[04:38] Energy Chris Wright, myself to make sure

[04:41] that we've got a plan so that the United

[04:43] States can get back into domestic and

[04:45] rich uranium production as quickly as

[04:47] possible.

[04:48] >> Sir, on Venezuela, you said that uh let

[04:52] me quote your your tweet here.

[04:53] >> Boats in the water anymore.

[04:54] >> Yes. Well, you said

[04:56] >> additional boats.

[04:58] >> You don't even find a fishing boat. You

[05:00] don't even find cruise liners anymore.

[05:02] There's nothing in the water near

[05:05] Venezuela. That's actually strange. You

[05:07] know what that means?

[05:08] >> That means there are no drugs coming in.

[05:10] >> You said that the price they'll pay will

[05:12] be incalculable if they don't take

[05:14] people back.

[05:16] >> What does that mean?

[05:16] >> Well, you're going to have to figure

[05:17] that out.

[05:18] >> Mr. President, Mr. President, on your

[05:21] autism announcement tomorrow, multiple

[05:23] news outlets are reporting that you plan

[05:25] to tie Tylenol to increased risk of

[05:28] autism. Can you confirm that?

[05:30] >> We're going to see tomorrow. We're going

[05:31] to do it tomorrow. But I think it's a

[05:33] very big factor. I think uh you'll see

[05:36] what it is tomorrow. We have various

[05:37] things but you'll see what it is

[05:38] tomorrow. I think it's going to be a

[05:40] very important news conference and we

[05:42] want things to take effect immediately.

[05:45] You know if there's a question even if

[05:47] there's a question you just do it right.

[05:50] But uh great research has been done. You

[05:54] know, when you think if you think that

[05:57] let's say 15 years ago they had one in

[06:00] 10,000 were born with autism and now

[06:03] it's think of it one in 12 one in 10

[06:07] boys 1 in 10 or 12 different studies. Uh

[06:11] girls it's 1 in 20. Can you imagine one

[06:15] in 20? And uh let's see 22 years ago it

[06:19] was uh 1 in 20,000

[06:23] but it got down to 1 in 10,000 about 17

[06:26] years ago and now it's one in one and 12

[06:29] actually boys are one in 12 and 1 in 10.

[06:33] >> I mean can you imagine 1 in 10 and it

[06:35] was 1 in 20,000.

[06:38] So there's obviously something

[06:39] artificial that's really wrong and we

[06:42] think we know what that is. beginning to

[06:44] announce any link between vaccines and

[06:47] autism

[06:48] >> tomorrow. Uh vaccines are very

[06:52] interesting. They can be great, but when

[06:54] you put the wrong stuff in them, you

[06:56] know, and you know, children get these

[06:58] massive vaccines like you'd give to a

[07:00] horse, like you'd give to a horse. And

[07:03] I've said for a long time, I mean, this

[07:05] is no secret, spread them out over five

[07:07] years.

[07:09] Get five shots, small ones. And you ever

[07:11] see what they give? They give I mean for

[07:13] a little baby to be injected with that

[07:15] much fluid

[07:17] even beyond the actual ingredients. They

[07:20] have sometimes 80 different vaccines in

[07:23] it's crazy. It it's you know that's a

[07:25] common sense thing too. It's like you're

[07:28] it's like you're shooting up a horse.

[07:30] You have a little body a little baby and

[07:32] you're you're pumping this big thing.

[07:34] It's a horrible thing. So I've always

[07:36] felt that. But we'll be having a big

[07:39] discussion tomorrow about autism. Thank

[07:41] you so much. Mr. President, your son had

[07:43] a very welcoming message today.

[07:45] Welcoming people to the Republican

[07:47] party. Love of country, love of family,

[07:49] love of God. So I ask you, what did the

[07:51] Democrats stand for at this point?

[07:53] >> Uh I think chaos, confusion,

[07:57] anger.

[07:58] They're losers.

[08:01] Uh they don't even want to extend the,

[08:04] you know, the opening. We have a very

[08:06] successful country. If we gave them

[08:09] everything they wanted, they're

[08:11] deranged. If we gave them everything

[08:12] they wanted, they wouldn't extend in my

[08:15] opinion. You know, they say, "Oh, they

[08:16] want to meet with me. It's nonsense."

[08:18] But I'll meet with them. But no, they

[08:20] they're angry and they took a big loss

[08:25] and they're doing worse now than they

[08:26] were during the election. So, you know,

[08:28] they're really they're doing very badly.

[08:30] >> I don't I don't think actually I think

[08:33] they stand for chaos. They stand for

[08:36] nothing.

[08:36] >> Mr.

[08:37] Um, I'm with the Daily Wire and we've

[08:39] been doing a lot of investigating up

[08:40] with these transgender shooters. Uh, we

[08:43] reported on Friday that the Kavanaaugh

[08:45] attempted assassin actually identifies

[08:47] as transgender and we just want to get

[08:48] your reaction to that and see if you had

[08:50] heard.

[08:50] >> Well, it's too bad. It's a very sad

[08:53] thing going on with that and I'll have

[08:55] to take a look at it. We have to protect

[08:58] our Supreme Court judges and justices

[09:00] and uh, Justice Kavanagh is a great guy.

[09:03] I mean, it's horrible. He's he's been

[09:05] through a lot with this. All of them

[09:07] have away. They didn't give the proper

[09:08] protection and we are giving you saw

[09:10] what you know numerous bills but we just

[09:13] passed another one. We have to protect

[09:14] the Supreme Court. We have to.

[09:18] >> And on that same note, there's been so

[09:20] many different shooters who either

[09:22] Charlie's killer lives with a guy who's

[09:24] transgender, the Annunciation shooter

[09:26] was transgender, the Covenant shooter

[09:28] was transgender. Should the FBI be

[09:29] investigating transgender extremism? you

[09:31] know, we're looking at that and it seems

[09:33] like, you know, is that just a uh you

[09:35] know, what's the reason for it? Yeah,

[09:38] there seems to be something, but uh

[09:40] we're looking at it very strongly.

[09:42] >> Something something seems to be going

[09:44] on, but you can't make that statement

[09:46] yet.

[09:47] >> We're looking at it very closely.

[09:49] >> Mr. President, back in 2020, 2021, you

[09:51] were banned from Twitter, Facebook,

[09:53] basically every single platform on God's

[09:55] green earth, sir. And now many people on

[09:58] the left want to throw out cries about

[10:00] First Amendment claims after Jimmy

[10:02] Kimmel's show was canceled. Do you find

[10:04] it hypocritical, sir, after what they

[10:06] did to you?

[10:06] >> You know, I did his show before I ran

[10:08] for politics. I did his show many times

[10:10] and he was never one of the top people.

[10:14] Do you remember during the Academy

[10:16] Awards when he read my truth just before

[10:18] giving out the best picture award? And I

[10:20] said, and what he read was that he's the

[10:22] worst host in the history of the Academy

[10:24] Awards. Look, Jimmy Kimmel suffers from

[10:27] two things. First of all, he said a

[10:29] terrible thing about Charlie, but he

[10:32] also suffers from the fact that he's got

[10:34] no talent and he's got no ratings.

[10:37] A deadly combination. That's deadly,

[10:40] right?

[10:42] >> When's the National Guard going to be

[10:44] arriving in Memphis? He said they'd be

[10:45] coming

[10:45] >> very soon. Yeah, very soon. And we're

[10:47] going to straighten that up just like we

[10:49] straighten out Washington. And we're not

[10:51] letting Washington go, by the way. We're

[10:53] not letting if we didn't go there,

[10:55] Washington right now would mean leading

[10:57] the nation in crime. I mean DC leading

[11:01] the nation in crime. And uh we have it

[11:04] down. I mean it is a beautiful thing.

[11:07] And everybody in every person I meet is

[11:09] saying thank you sir. They don't care

[11:11] whether it's a national guard. They

[11:13] don't care what it is. They're not being

[11:15] raped, mugged, shot.

[11:18] Washington DC is now a very safe city.

[11:21] And you know what? When I drove through

[11:22] it yesterday, you probably saw the

[11:25] everything was nice. The grass was I

[11:27] thought I'd replace the grass. Much of

[11:29] it doesn't have to be. It looks so

[11:31] beautiful. It was so wellmaintained. And

[11:33] that's by us.

[11:36] >> Go to the UN this week where there's

[11:38] going to be a major push for a two-state

[11:40] solution. Obviously, the US and Israel

[11:42] have not signed on to that. Is there

[11:45] still possibility in your mind that

[11:47] there could be a diplomatic solution to

[11:48] this conflict? So, I'd like to see a

[11:50] diplomatic solution. There's a lot of

[11:53] anger and a lot of hatred. You know

[11:54] that. And there has been for a lot of

[11:56] years. This is not something new, but

[11:59] hopefully we'll get something done.

[12:00] We're looking at we're studying Gaza and

[12:03] dealing with Gaza very slowly. That's a

[12:06] real mess. The investigation is still

[12:08] ongoing into Charlie Kirk's killer and

[12:11] and whether he had ties to groups, but

[12:13] do you have a sense now whether

[12:15] >> you look at Boy, they've seen a lot for

[12:18] an investigation that's ongoing. I think

[12:20] they've done an incredible job.

[12:22] >> Have they shells? I mean, the shells so

[12:25] many different things. Uh

[12:27] >> I mean, what's to say?

[12:29] >> Have they found direct links to

[12:31] >> You mean about other

[12:32] >> Yeah. and and does that affect your

[12:35] decision about how to proceed in terms

[12:37] of pursuing this?

[12:38] >> I think, you know, as far as I'm

[12:39] concerned, but they're going to do a

[12:40] final report, whether other people

[12:43] involved is what you're asking. It would

[12:45] look to me like not now. He did have a

[12:47] friend, but I don't The friend seemed to

[12:49] be a little bit surprised, Mr.

[12:51] President. In regards to Pam Bondi, who

[12:53] should she focus on as far as bringing

[12:56] accountability?

[12:57] >> Everybody really. It's a big office.

[12:59] She's doing a good job, but focus on

[13:02] everybody. There a lot of crooked people

[13:04] that were here before me. You had people

[13:06] that almost destroyed our country. If I

[13:08] didn't win this election, our country

[13:10] would be destroyed. We wouldn't We

[13:12] wouldn't have a country right now. Thank

[13:13] you very much.

[13:15] >> Thank you very much.