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As we beforehand reported, Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the late Charlie Kirk on Tuesday.
The ceremony occurred on what would have been Kirk’s thirty second birthday.
The occasion principally went off and not using a hitch, however there have been some uncommon moments, together with one by which Charlie’s widow, Erika Kirk, felt the necessity to appropriate Trump on the character of her husband’s character.
The surprising second of rigidity shortly went viral with many social media customers expressing confusion over the odd scene.
When addressing the gang finally month’s Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona, Erika described her late husband as a person who inspired “love for our enemies and love for individuals who persecute us.”
Maybe jokingly, Trump pushed again on the characterization throughout his deal with on Tuesday.
“He was in a position to struggle people who had been enemies, and he didn’t essentially love these enemies a lot,” the president stated, including:
“You realize, I heard he liked his enemies, and I stated, ‘Wait a minute, is that the identical Charlie that I knew?’ I’m unsure. However I didn’t wish to get into it.”
The remark prompted Erika to answer, “He did pray for his enemies. I noticed him do it.”
The second of rigidity handed shortly, however issues took one other unusual flip shortly thereafter, when Trump revealed that he had initially wished to postpone the ceremony however had a last-minute change of coronary heart.
“I used to be going to name Erika and say, ‘Erika, might you perhaps transfer it to Friday?’” he instructed the gang.
Some observers had been additionally bowled over by Trump’s choice to debate his political agenda and the assassination try he survived final 12 months.
“I made a flip at a superb time. I made a flip at a superb time, I turned to the suitable,” Trump stated.
“Charlie couldn’t imagine it, truly. He stated, ‘How the hell did you make that flip?’ I stated, ‘I don’t know.’”
All in all, it was an uncommon occasion that prompted questions on Trump’s relationship with each Erika Kirk and with the evangelical part of his base.
It received’t be the final time that Trump talks about Charlie Kirk — however he’ll probably attempt to keep away from such awkwardness in future discussions.
