{"id":165279,"date":"2025-09-22T05:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-calls-charlie-kirk-a-martyr-at-memorial-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T05:36:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T05:36:02","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-calls-charlie-kirk-a-martyr-at-memorial-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-calls-charlie-kirk-a-martyr-at-memorial-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president calls Charlie Kirk a \u2018martyr\u2019 at memorial – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

President says \u2018I hate my opponents\u2019; Kirk\u2019s widow forgives shooter; Murdochs could be part of TikTok deal \u2013 key US politics stories from 21 September at a glance
Donald Trump gave a rambling, freewheeling address at the Charlie Kirk memorial in Alabama on Sunday, taking aim at Joe Biden and trailing a major announcement on autism as well as praising Kirk, who was shot dead on 10 September.
In front of a crowd of tens of thousands, Trump said Kirk was a \u201cgreat American hero\u201d and \u201cmartyr\u201d for freedom. During the event he sat side-by-side with billionaire Elon Musk, a once trusted adviser with whom the US president had a spectacular public falling out.
He frequently veered into topics entirely unrelated to Kirk, discussing his use of federal forces to police cities and taking a moment to promote an announcement at the White House on Monday.
Here are the key stories at a glance.
Trump\u2019s remarks were an awkward mix of eulogy and campaign speech, during which he frequently veered away from reading somber remarks about Kirk\u2019s life and violent death to make offhand comments and jokes.
\u201cHe did not hate his opponents, he wanted the best for them,\u201d Trump said, before breaking from his prepared remarks to add: \u201cThat\u2019s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponents, and I don\u2019t want the best for them, I\u2019m sorry.\u201d
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During an emotional address at his public memorial in Glendale, Arizona, the widow of rightwing youth organizer Charlie Kirk<\/a> said she forgives the man charged with killing her husband.
\u201cMy husband, he wanted to save young men, just like the one who took his life,\u201d Erika Kirk said, before an at-capacity crowd. \u201cThat man, that young man \u2013 I forgive him. I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it is what Charlie would do.\u201d
Those in the stadium rose to their feet in applause.
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Lauren Gambino was at the memorial and writes: The memorial was part spiritual revival and part political rally \u2026 Mourners obliged the red, white and blue \u201cSunday best\u201d dress code, filling the at-capacity venue with stars, stripes and Maga hats \u2026
As the afternoon wore on, the speeches became sharper and more political \u2013 a battle cry that implored the government officials present to be aggressive in \u201cwielding the sword against evil\u201d. There were only a handful of explicit references to Democrats<\/a> and the left \u2013 but many speeches mixed personal remembrances of Kirk with a searing vilification of his ideological opponents.
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David Smith writes that JD Vance\u2019s appearance at the event comes as he methodically builds a profile that blends Trump\u2019s populist bombast with a sharper focus on economic nationalism and cultural warfare.
Smith writes: Vance\u2019s presidential campaign for 2028 is already said to be in \u201csoft launch\u201d mode<\/a> as he positions himself as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. He has reportedly expressed a desire for Susie Wiles, the White House of chief staff, to manage his potential campaign.
His most overt move came in March, when he was appointed finance chair of the Republican National Committee \u2013 a role unprecedented for a sitting vice-president. It positions him at the nexus of Republican money, allowing frequent interactions with mega-donors.
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Donald Trump\u2019s administration<\/a> is on Monday expected to tie pregnant women\u2019s use of the popular medicine Tylenol \u2013 known as paracetamol elsewhere in the world \u2013 to a risk of autism, contrary to medical guidelines, the Washington Post has reported.
Trump officials are also expected to announce an effort to explore how the drug leucovorin could purportedly and potentially treat autism, according to the Post<\/a> report published Sunday, which cited four sources with knowledge of the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement had not been made.
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Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch will probably be involved in the effort to <\/strong>buy TikTok<\/a> in the US, Donald Trump said in an interview on Sunday.
The president was asked about the status of the sale of the app during an interview with Peter Doocy on The Sunday Briefing on Fox News. Trump administration officials have signaled that a deal for the Chinese-owned social media platform was imminent, though there has been some confusion<\/a> about the status of the agreement.
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Donald Trump said he was appointing his former lawyer Lindsey Halligan to be US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia after an extraordinary outburst in which he overtly put pressure on his attorney general to more aggressively pursue senior public officials<\/a> he regards as his political enemies.
Nineteen people detained at an immigration detention center<\/a> that the Trump administration<\/a> opened within Louisiana<\/a>\u2019s infamous Angola prison<\/a> were entering their fifth day on hunger strike on Sunday, according to advocacy groups.
Seven US states and the nation\u2019s largest city announced<\/a> this week that they have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, in an effort to strengthen the region\u2019s health guidance<\/a> as the national health landscape fractures. Maryland announced<\/a> they would join the alliance on Friday.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 20 September.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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