What is An American?
The Charlie Kirk Show
Charlie Kirk
4.5 • 44.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
What makes someone an American? Is it just a passport? Is it a language? Or is it something more? Charlie reacts to several viral clips and tries to explain things in reverse: At a minimum, we should know what is NOT an American. Plus, Charlie reacts to Trump's masterful handling of European leaders at the White House, then talks to Energy Secretary Chris Wright about using America's fossil fuels to secure long-term American dominance.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Charlie Kirk here live from the Bitcoin.com studio. What is an American? That's right. |
| 0:06.5 | We asked the question of what is an American and we have a great discussion here. I want your |
| 0:10.4 | emails, freedom at Charlie Kirk.com. What is an American? Subscribe to the Charlie Kirk Show podcast |
| 0:15.6 | and get involved with Turning Point USA at tpUSA.com. That is tpUSA.com. Become a member today. Members. That is, members.com. That is members.com. Charliekirk.com. We also have Chris Wright, and we talk about how President Trump set the table for peace between Russia, Ukraine, in a brilliant way. I think you're really going to enjoy it. And as always, you can email us, freedom at Charliekirk.com. that is freedom at Charliekirk.com. Buckle up, everybody here. We go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks. I want to thank Charlie. He's an incredible guy. His spirit, his love of this country. |
| 0:55.0 | He's done an amazing job. |
| 0:56.7 | Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA. |
| 1:01.3 | We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, |
| 1:06.6 | and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country. |
| 1:10.2 | That's why we are here. |
| 1:13.8 | What is an American? |
| 1:16.1 | That sounds like an easy question to answer. |
| 1:18.4 | Our argument begins that being an American is more than paperwork. |
| 1:22.7 | Can we all agree with that? |
| 1:23.9 | I think so. |
| 1:24.8 | By way, I want you to email me a flood of emails, freedom at Charliekirk.com. |
| 1:28.3 | What is an American? We really have not had any discussion. We have not had a conversation on this topic. |
| 1:36.0 | What is an American? Is Zoran Mamdani an American? Is Elon Omar an American? Also, bigger picture, what is America? |
| 1:43.3 | Is America just an idea, as some people would say? |
| 1:46.7 | Even I parroted that nonsense like 10 years ago. |
| 1:48.8 | I'm like, oh, goodness, I used to say that. |
| 1:50.7 | No. |
| 1:51.6 | Is America only a people? |
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