Donald Trump Jr. Honors Charlie Kirk's Legacy at Turning Point USA Event in Phoenix Arizona

[00:01] [cheering]

[00:02] Wow,

[00:05] you guys are a serious tribute to

[00:09] everything that Charlie stood for. The

[00:11] last time I gave a big speech was

[00:13] actually right here in Phoenix at his

[00:16] memorial and it was a little bit of a it

[00:18] was a little bit of a different feeling.

[00:21] But to see this many young patriotic

[00:26] Americans in a room uh record numbers

[00:29] for Turning Point just shows what's

[00:32] going on.

[00:34] Charlie's courage is why you guys are

[00:37] all here. His willingness to lead, to

[00:40] push people through is incredible. And

[00:43] honestly, I was concerned. I was

[00:44] worried. I was worried that without

[00:46] Charlie, this room would go out like it

[00:50] was 10 years ago when we started this

[00:52] incredible voyage and it would

[00:55] dissipate. But this is literally double

[00:58] what it was last year. And that was a

[01:00] record. So, [cheering]

[01:04] so that is a testament to you, to your

[01:06] patriotism, to your bravery, to your

[01:10] resolve, and to everything that Charlie

[01:12] stood for. So, you guys fired up?

[01:17] You guys having some fun?

[01:20] How many students are in the room right

[01:22] now? Raise your hands.

[01:26] I feel good, guys. I feel good about the

[01:29] future.

[01:31] Who's ready to take the next step and

[01:34] start a turning point chapter at a

[01:35] college that perhaps isn't there

[01:37] already?

[01:38] Who's doing it at high schools right

[01:40] now?

[01:42] I love this guys. We cannot sit this one

[01:48] out. Okay? Everything depends on it. The

[01:50] future of our country, our children,

[01:54] Western civilization,

[01:56] it's now on all of you. So other than

[02:00] God,

[02:02] family, and country,

[02:06] Charlie had some incredible things we

[02:08] needed to talk about in politics. You

[02:10] heard some of that from Speaker Johnson

[02:11] just now. But immigration,

[02:16] immigration

[02:18] matters. It's a fight that this

[02:20] administration is taking on. We've

[02:22] realized that if you import the third

[02:24] world, you become the third world. And

[02:27] we're not going to let that happen

[02:31] [cheering]

[02:34] because of radical Democrat policies.

[02:37] Millions millions of people poured into

[02:40] this country that should have never been

[02:41] there. They jacked up the price of

[02:43] rents, the cost of goods, diminished our

[02:47] health care system and our education

[02:49] systems. And that's all ending. I heard

[02:52] a little bit of a snippet from Tom H.

[02:53] moment who's probably like typ casting

[02:55] for getting this done. And we are

[02:57] winning. We are taking back our country.

[03:04] [cheering]

[03:05] Make no mistake, guys. It was

[03:08] intentional, okay? It took my father two

[03:11] weeks to shut down the border to end the

[03:14] insanity.

[03:19] We didn't need new policies.

[03:22] We didn't need new people there. We

[03:24] needed a new president who was willing

[03:26] to follow the law and get things done.

[03:30] [cheering]

[03:34] We're seeing the consequences of Joe

[03:36] Biden's policies and Democrat policies

[03:38] in general.

[03:40] Terror attacks.

[03:43] Couple of our National Guardsmen were

[03:45] killed a few weeks ago.

[03:48] We're seeing the crime.

[03:50] We're seeing the chaos and

[03:52] responsibility for that doesn't just

[03:54] fall on Democrats. It falls on so many

[03:58] of the weak Republicans who just

[04:00] capitulated to the DC swamp. And we're

[04:03] going to put an end to that, too.

[04:12] Some of the loudest voices, even in the

[04:14] Republican party, demanded we bring in

[04:17] tens of thousands of unvetted Afghan

[04:19] refugees.

[04:21] For years, they turned Minnesota into

[04:23] little Somalia.

[04:25] How's that working out for anyone?

[04:31] I'm not sure, guys. I keep hearing

[04:32] diversity is our strength, but I'm not

[04:35] so sure. I'm not so sure.

[04:40] My father JD Vance Charlie fought to

[04:45] stop the nonsense. A country cannot

[04:48] survive when it imports people who don't

[04:52] share their values. We don't owe the

[04:55] world a thing. We owe Americans their

[04:59] American dream and we intend to fulfill

[05:02] that.

[05:07] >> [applause]

[05:09] >> It sounds tough,

[05:12] but we deserve it for the future, for

[05:15] the next generation, for all of you who

[05:17] are going to take on the mantle and lead

[05:19] this country to continued greatness.

[05:24] Now, we're getting rid of the nonsense,

[05:28] and it's going to be great. The other

[05:30] big issue that Charlie and I fought so

[05:32] hard for was the Maha movement. Charlie,

[05:37] myself, Susie Wilds, a small cadre of

[05:40] people were the guys that brokered that

[05:43] deal so we stop

[05:45] allowing big pharma to put profits over

[05:48] actual health

[05:51] to stop the insanity of jacking up our

[05:54] children with thousands of vaccines they

[05:56] don't need.

[05:58] >> [cheering]

[06:02] >> Profits don't matter more than health.

[06:04] And when you do need actual health,

[06:07] they're fighting to make sure that

[06:08] Americans pay less than Europe. None of

[06:12] this nonsense where you buy a drug for

[06:15] $1,000 in in Europe, American drugs are

[06:19] being sold for pennies on the dollar.

[06:21] That doesn't work. And they ended that

[06:23] with the most favored nation's executive

[06:25] order just a couple of days ago.

[06:28] [applause]

[06:30] And the big one, one of the ones I've

[06:34] been fighting since like 2015. I didn't

[06:36] realize it would even turn into a thing

[06:37] because it was always so insane to me.

[06:40] The transgender issue. There's going to

[06:42] be no more castrating our children for

[06:47] big pharma and medical profit. That

[06:50] ends now.

[07:00] Federal funding is being cut off for sex

[07:03] change operations for minors.

[07:07] I never understood it. I never

[07:09] understood. Say, wait, wait, wait. So, a

[07:12] three-year-old can decide to permanently

[07:15] mutilate their body, be put on toxic

[07:18] drugs for the rest of their life, but a

[07:20] 25year-old has no idea what they're

[07:23] doing when they're signing

[07:25] for their student loans. The most elite

[07:28] in America, the academically inclined,

[07:32] somehow

[07:33] don't seem that elite when they need a

[07:35] plumber

[07:36] to pay their student loans.

[07:40] that ends too.

[07:48] And the number one issue again outside

[07:51] of God, family, and country for Charlie,

[07:55] something he fought and something he

[07:58] died for was free speech. Free speech is

[08:03] alive and well in 2025.

[08:11] Charlie rejected the notion of being

[08:14] cancelled

[08:16] for what you thought for having that

[08:18] dialogue. Charlie on it every day. He

[08:21] opened up one of the largest platforms

[08:23] in the world to those who despised him

[08:26] most. He allowed them to speak. He had

[08:29] that dialogue.

[08:32] They killed him for it.

[08:35] They killed him for it. Not because he

[08:37] was so radical, but because he was so

[08:41] effective when people were able to hear

[08:44] both sides of an argument.

[08:47] Wow. It's amazing what happens. For

[08:50] years, we fought the censorship complex.

[08:52] We fought the mainstream media. People

[08:54] couldn't even get baic truth out there.

[08:57] What binds us together? What matters

[09:00] more than the disagreement is the

[09:03] ability to have that discourse.

[09:06] The real enemy, it's not Steve Bannon or

[09:09] Tucker Carlson or Ben Shapiro. It's the

[09:13] radical left that murdered Charlie and

[09:16] celebrated it on a daily basis.

[09:25] Free speech is under attack

[09:29] everywhere

[09:30] in Europe. They're putting people in

[09:33] jail for basic truth.

[09:37] If one of your family members was raped

[09:39] by a roving gang of migrant thugs and

[09:43] you say they shouldn't even be here, you

[09:45] get thrown in jail. The rapists

[09:49] get an apology and get let off. Think

[09:52] about that. That's happening right now

[09:55] in the UK.

[09:59] Do not let that happen to America. We

[10:03] are the last stand for common sense, for

[10:07] free speech, for truth, and for decency.

[10:11] Do not squander that.

[10:15] [applause]

[10:18] We have to live that freedom every day.

[10:22] America, guys, is not just an idea.

[10:26] Washington loves the saying, you know,

[10:28] the issue is beyond right and left. No,

[10:31] it's not. That's a lie.

[10:34] We are in a real argument about what

[10:37] America is, what it stands for, whether

[10:40] it survives for our children and our

[10:43] grandchildren after them.

[10:46] America is not just an idea. It's a

[10:49] place with borders, with land, with

[10:53] history and battlefields, with patriots

[10:56] and incredible people who want to see

[10:59] that perpetuate itself. They want to

[11:02] live that dream.

[11:05] The belief that it's just an idea and it

[11:08] doesn't matter. That's how you lose a

[11:10] country. And that's been the other

[11:12] side's intention for far too long.

[11:16] There is no backup to America, guys. You

[11:19] are it. You are that last line of

[11:23] defense.

[11:25] [applause]

[11:26] Patience, discipline, long-term victory.

[11:30] These days, people want they want

[11:32] instant results. Remember the day the

[11:35] day after my father was inaugurated on

[11:37] January 20th, you saw the left, they ran

[11:40] with their s. The price of eggs hasn't

[11:42] gone down. I'm sitting there like, wait

[11:43] a minute.

[11:44] It's been like It's been like 14 hours.

[11:49] Of course, that then happened. Inflation

[11:51] hasn't gone down yet. It's been a week.

[11:54] Well, guys, it's hard to undo

[11:56] four years of idiocy. Inflation's under

[12:00] control. But when you have compound

[12:01] interest on double digit inflation for

[12:04] four years, those prices are still too

[12:07] high. We have to work on that. But it

[12:09] doesn't happen overnight. It takes a

[12:10] plan. It takes a process.

[12:14] We're building something that lasts.

[12:18] We have to be in that together through

[12:20] common sense, long-term approach.

[12:25] You guys are Charlie's legacy.

[12:29] You're also the biggest beneficiaries of

[12:33] his movement, of his ideas.

[12:37] You guys are going to be doing this when

[12:38] I'm probably long gone.

[12:42] that matters. Don't squander that

[12:45] opportunity.

[12:47] Keep that wave going.

[12:50] For the kids who haven't even been born

[12:52] yet, for the children that you're going

[12:53] to all have that hopefully you're mostly

[12:55] too young. I'm looking around. It's

[12:56] pretty young to have that going.

[12:59] It's why I got into this. When Charlie

[13:02] and I met back in 15 and 16, we're

[13:04] spending all this time together. I had

[13:06] no idea. I was a real estate developer

[13:07] from New York. We built buildings.

[13:10] But when I saw what the other side was

[13:13] willing to do, how there was so glib

[13:15] about just destroying our country, he

[13:18] said, "We have to fight. We have to

[13:21] engage.

[13:22] This isn't just a conference, guys. It's

[13:26] a movement. Charlie built this for you."

[13:29] And as I said in my ul eulogy to

[13:31] Charlie, we are now all Charlie. There's

[13:36] not one person

[13:42] There's not one person that's going to

[13:44] replace Charlie Kirk. But if each one of

[13:46] us take a fraction of what he was able

[13:49] to do, a fraction of his energy, his

[13:52] passion, his intelligence, and we come

[13:55] together,

[13:57] the movement

[13:59] that he wanted to achieve is totally

[14:03] doable. Guys,

[14:05] join a turning point chapter. If your

[14:08] school has one, get involved. If it

[14:11] doesn't, start one. Bring five friends.

[14:14] Build more. That's how we win. Become

[14:18] unafraid.

[14:19] And if you're in this room, you've

[14:21] already taken those steps. You've done

[14:24] that.

[14:26] But you need to open the door for

[14:27] others. You need to make it okay for

[14:30] them to take that step.

[14:33] Get out there. do it on C college

[14:35] campuses, in classrooms, in

[14:37] conversations. Don't ever, ever give up.

[14:42] We have to stay involved. We have to

[14:45] stay in the game. Midterms are coming

[14:47] around the corner. And make no mistake,

[14:49] the Democrat party wants to do whatever

[14:51] they possibly can to shut this movement

[14:56] down. Not just the Democrats,

[15:00] the rhinos. You see the manufactured

[15:02] attacks on JD, myself, my father, anyone

[15:09] who understands that this isn't the

[15:11] Republican party anymore. It's the

[15:13] America First party. It's the Make

[15:16] America Great Again party. And we are

[15:20] not going back. [cheering]

[15:34] the same.

[15:49] I love it, guys. By the way, if someone

[15:53] wasn't chanting USA next to you, you

[15:54] know they're a Democrat plant, right?

[15:56] because they just can't do it. It's like

[15:58] pouring holy water on a vampire.

[16:03] This presidency, guys, didn't happen by

[16:06] accident.

[16:08] There's been a long undercurrent of

[16:10] Americans being felt left behind.

[16:14] You saw it. It's been going crazy in the

[16:15] last few this week alone on social media

[16:18] when you're hearing about all the

[16:19] people, especially young white men who

[16:22] for a generation were left behind by

[16:24] DEI. They were told, "Well, you know,

[16:27] you don't check a couple of boxes. So,

[16:28] you may be better, you may be smarter,

[16:30] but you're not getting into that

[16:31] college. You're not getting that job.

[16:33] You're certainly not getting a

[16:35] promotion.

[16:36] But you better damn well realize that

[16:38] you're still privileged despite being

[16:40] discriminated against.

[16:45] It's funny, but it's actually happening.

[16:48] And that's why everyone has to engage.

[16:51] Everyone can't sit out the midterm

[16:53] process or this becomes a two-year

[16:56] presidency, not a four-year presidency.

[17:00] We have for the first time.

[17:03] We have for the first time

[17:06] we have a bench of great people who can

[17:10] continue the movement that my father

[17:13] started

[17:14] that can fill the void that he

[17:16] recognized in hardworking Americans that

[17:20] Charlie

[17:21] so aptly understood and promoted. But

[17:25] you guys are it. Speak boldly,

[17:29] organize relentlessly,

[17:32] stay in the game at all costs. Again,

[17:35] you guys are the biggest beneficiaries

[17:37] of this movement. But if you don't do

[17:39] that,

[17:41] you're also the people that are going to

[17:44] suffer hardest and longest if the

[17:47] radicals get what they want. You have to

[17:51] be a part of it. You have to continue

[17:55] that legacy. If you want to save

[17:58] America, if you want America to continue

[18:02] the way we all want to and the way we

[18:05] love, you get to work.

[18:16] >> I wanted to call in a little guest.

[18:20] He may not be here today, but I wanted

[18:24] to make sure he had a chance to say hi,

[18:28] Mr. President.

[18:30] Hello, everybody. Hello, everybody.

[18:34] >> CAN YOU GUYS HEAR?

[18:35] >> OH, I WOULD I WANT to be with you, but

[18:39] I'll be with you soon. And I just want

[18:40] to say that nobody did more for me than

[18:43] Charlie. And there's nobody better than

[18:46] Erica. And you are the greatest people

[18:48] on earth. We won in a landslide and

[18:51] we're going to continue to do it. And I

[18:53] just want to thank everybody. You got

[18:55] out there and they they voted and they

[18:58] pressed doorbells. And I just want to

[19:00] thank you all and I hope my son's doing

[19:02] a good job representing me. Otherwise,

[19:04] I'll have to say, "You're fired, Don.

[19:06] You're fired."

[19:10] So, thank you very much and have a great

[19:11] day. And I hope Don makes a great

[19:14] speech. If he doesn't make a great

[19:16] speech, let me know about it. I'll give

[19:18] him hell.

[19:20] Well, Dad, there's literally

[19:21] >> Everybody, John, go have a good time and

[19:23] say hello to Erica. Go have a good time,

[19:26] everybody.

[19:27] >> Well, there's 30,000

[19:29] young patriots in this room. The

[19:32] movement continues. They're looking

[19:34] forward to supporting you and everything

[19:36] that you, Charlie, and really everyone

[19:38] that's part of this movement stands for.

[19:40] So, thanks, Dad. We appreciate it. We

[19:42] love you. We'll speak to you soon.

[19:44] >> Thank you very much. And thank you very

[19:46] much, everybody. We love you. Have a

[19:49] great Christmas.

[19:51] >> Thanks, Ed. We love you.

[20:00] >> USA.

[20:09] >> I'm not good at much, guys, but I can

[20:10] call in the big gun sometimes, right?

[20:13] It's always nice when he actually picks

[20:15] up the phone. And it's a lot more

[20:16] awkward when you're in front of 30,000

[20:18] people and it goes to voicemail, right?

[20:19] So, it's like at least we still got

[20:21] that. But thank you guys for everything.

[20:25] Thanks for the sacrifices that you've

[20:27] made.

[20:32] Few people

[20:36] outside of Charlie,

[20:38] Erica, and his incredible family

[20:40] understand

[20:42] the sacrifice that it means to take on

[20:45] that machine. I get it, guys. I

[20:47] understand what they will try to do. I

[20:49] understand that there is no limit to how

[20:51] far they will go. We have all witnessed

[20:53] it. We have all seen it. But understand,

[20:58] the only thing worse than that is the

[21:01] consequence of our apathy if we sit it

[21:04] out. If we don't get out there, if we

[21:06] don't do everything in our power to do

[21:09] that. So get out there, get unafraid.

[21:13] And in the words of your favorite

[21:16] president, fight, fight, fight. Thank

[21:20] you, Afest. Thank you, AMERICA. I LOVE

[21:23] YOU GUYS. Merry Christmas.

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