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Charlie Kirk: This Is What I Would Change About Trump Presidency

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Charlie Kirk: This Is What I Would Change About Trump Presidency

“Turning Point USA” founder Charlie Kirk has one gripe he can think of when it comes to President Donald Trump and his administration.

He was asked by “2Way Radio” host Mark Halperin if he could change one thing what would he chose and his answer was stunning.

“The thing that I read in the headlines that I would really draw a line in is if the United States sponsored or got behind military strikes in Iran. I think that would be an administration massive-ender, to be honest with you. We did not run on war with Iran. And so I hope that does not happen,” the TPUSA founder said.

“I also would just say, and I’ve said this to the president, I’d say it again, I totally support revoking the visas of some students who have, you know, were doing encampments or stuff on campuses. However, I think we should be a little cautious of the criteria of which students we actually end up deporting based on, you know, the parameters of speech on some of these campuses. So, Mahmoud Khalil probably fits that criteria, but, for example, deporting somebody because they wrote an op-ed critical of Israel, I think that’s probably in the gray area,” he said.

“So, would you say that there are some things that the administration’s done on immigration where you think they haven’t been sufficiently respectful of First Amendment rights? Is that fair to say?” the host asked.

“No, I wouldn’t even say that. I would say that we run a little bit of a problem if we are going to say that the criteria to get your visa revoked is writing an op-ed. Now, that might be an exaggeration by somebody, yeah, right?” Kirk said.

“And if the op-ed was not even critical of America, which it was critical of a foreign country. And again, I’m very pro-Israel as I say this, and let me tell you why. I actually think it creates more anti-Israel hostility and anti-Semitism when it looks as if such a strong hand of the government is going to come in, and it looks as if, true or untrue, there are forces that are trying to have the U.S. government do this,” he said.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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