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🗓️ 13 August 2025
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DEI kills... literally. Charlie reacts to a jarring video from the D.C. chief of police which says all you need to know about why the city is such a dangerous dump. Plus, Charlie reflects on his morning appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box and how Trump's tariff-driven economic reordering is needed for America's long-term success. Sen. Mike Lee makes the case for returning D.C. to the control of Maryland.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Charlie Kirk here live from the Bitcoin.com studio. What is the chain of command? Oh, this is a shocking story out of Washington, D.C. Where the person who's in charge of chain of command in D.C. doesn't know what chain of command is. You cannot make this up. Senator Michael Lee joins us, and we recap my appearance on CNBC. Email us, as always, freedom at Charliekirk.com and subscribe to our podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | Buckle up, everybody here. We go. |
| 0:23.4 | Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. |
| 0:27.0 | I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. |
| 0:30.5 | Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. |
| 0:33.6 | I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. He's done an amazing job. Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. |
| 0:44.1 | We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. That's why we are here. |
| 0:56.3 | I've had quite an eventful morning. It is 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. And I was up quite early. |
| 1:04.6 | So yesterday we were in Washington, D.C. I was able to stop by the White House and see the |
| 1:08.4 | president, which was amazing. He's at the Kennedy Center right now in phenomenal spirits. And he was just in a great spot. He's like, you know, we're building the ballroom. They're redoing the Rose Garden. He is in his element. And then just shuffled on up to New York City, got a couple hours of sleep. And I was up early at, I think like 515. |
| 1:29.2 | And to go join Squawk Box. |
| 1:31.2 | I've known about the show for a while. |
| 1:33.1 | Just as you understand, Squawk Box might not be a program. |
| 1:38.6 | A lot of you in this audience watch. |
| 1:40.4 | But it is, and this was confirmed based on a lot of messages I got, |
| 1:48.2 | it certainly is a drumbeat of a lot of the C-suite. |
| 1:56.7 | You could call it the ruling class. I don't even mean that pejoratively. It certainly sets the tone for the markets and the economic mood of the day. |
| 2:10.8 | It is a mood center for markets. And based on the incoming I was getting, a lot of people that are controlling serious capital allocations, watch the program. |
| 2:14.2 | So we had an opportunity to go on Squawk Box. |
| 2:14.8 | And they treated me great. |
| 2:16.1 | It was really amazing. |
| 2:17.5 | I got to see NBC credit. They showed up, obviously did makeup. And they treated me great. It was, it was really amazing. I got a CNBC credit. |
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