Charlie Kirk receives the Medal of freedom plus Trump to Venezuela "FAFO"

🕊️ 1. The Charlie Kirk Memorial Segment

• The first half centers on Donald Trump posthumously awarding Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would have been his 32nd birthday.

• Trump delivered an emotional tribute, described Kirk as:

  • A martyr for truth and freedom

  • Comparable to Socrates, Saint Peter, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr.

• The speech characterizes Kirk’s activism as heroic and divinely inspired, framing his death as a political assassination motivated by his beliefs.

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⚔️ 2. Trump’s Policy and Military Statements

The second part transitions abruptly into a political and military policy briefing, suggesting:

• Trump is planning or executing armed strikes against drug cartels in Latin America.

• Mentions of “fatal strikes” against drug boats, CIA operations in Venezuela, and potential “land operations”.

• The text claims that cartels are being designated as foreign terrorist organizations, and that Congress has debated the legality of these operations.

• Lawmakers like Adam Schiff, Tim Kaine, Rand Paul, and Lisa Murkowski are referenced in connection with a War Powers Resolution.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
That Maduro offered everything in his country, all the natural resources.
He even recorded a message to you in English recently
offering mediation. He has. He has offered everything. He's offered everything.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
You're right, you know why, because he doesn't want to
walk around with the United States.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Thank everybody.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

Speaker 4 (00:26):
Good Saturday morning to you. Ben Ferguson with you, and
these are some of the stories that you may have
missed that we talked about this week on the forty
seven Morning Update. First up, an incredible moment at the
White House where Charlie Kirk was honored with the highest
civilian honor that you can get. It was a moment
to remember Charlie Kirk and also to honor his life

(00:47):
and his legacy. You'll also hear from Senator Cruz and
what he had to say about that day in the
Rose Garden. Also President United States America Donald Trump, not
wasting any time going after the car cartels, taking out
more boats in international water that are filled with drugs,
and now talking about going after targets that are on land.

(01:09):
It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
Right now story number one.

Speaker 4 (01:14):
It was a very moving moment at the White House.
It was not covered like the memorial for Charlie Kirk,
but it was a day that we should all pause
and listen to what was said at the White House.
Donald Trump awarded Charlie Kirk the Medal of Freedom on
what would have been his thirty second birthday. President Trump

(01:36):
had a lot to say about Charlie, and here is
part of what he had to say about who he was.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
But it was a horrible, heinous, demonic act of murder.
He was assassinated in the prime of his life for
boldly speaking the truth, for living his faith and relentlessly
fighting for a better and stronger America. Loved this country
and that's why this afternoon, it's my.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Privilege to posthumously.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
Award Charles James Kirk our nation's highest civilian honor, the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Thank you.

Speaker 4 (02:15):
You think about the legacy of Charlie Kirk. The most
powerful man in the world and the most powerful men
and women in our government, our cabinet members all sitting
at the White House talking about the life, the legacy,
and the faith of Charlie Kirk. Donald Trump also said
this about Charlie Kirk being a martyr, someone who will

(02:39):
always be remembered.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
As I said on the day that he was assassinated,
Charlie Kirk was a martyr for truth and for freedom,
and from Socrates to Think and to Saint Peter, from
Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, those who change history
the most, and he really did have always risked their

(03:03):
lives for causes they were put on earth to defend.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
He was put on earth to do exactly what he
was doing. He didn't want to waste time.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
He would have been a top student at any college
in the country I know to college as well. Was
smarter than the guys. He was so smart. But he
almost I guess, didn't have the time. He knew what
he wanted to do. It wasn't like Jae, I want
to sit in this classroom for four years listening to
people teach me liberal principles because they were never going
to teach him that anyway. But he didn't have the time.

(03:32):
He really didn't have the time. But every time the
enemies of goodness and virtue tried to silence the voice
of righteous and noble leaders like Charlie, they failed. They
seemed to fail. Ultimately, they look like they're doing well
and then they end up failing because the truth has
been unrelenting over the years, over history, and people like Charlie,

(03:54):
it's just they've got a power that others don't have,
and very few people will ever have. So today, like
those martyrs before him, Charlie's voice, his message, and his
legacy are stronger and greater than ever before.

Speaker 1 (04:09):
They are greater than ever before.

Speaker 4 (04:13):
Charlie Kirk was a martyr for truth and freedom. When
you think about his life, and it was a short life,
you look at now who he's being compared to, as
the President described him as someone that will be remembered
like Saint Peter, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King. Those are

(04:35):
people who change history the most, and referring to Charlie Kirk,
he said he really did. They risked their lives for
causes that they were put on earth to defend, and
that's exactly what Charlie Kirk was doing. The President also
saying this about America and Charlie Kirk's love for this country.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
Al's James Kirk was a visionary and one of the
greatest years of his generation. He was truly an amazing
figure and growing leaps and vows. He knew that the
fight to preserve our heritage is waged not.

Speaker 1 (05:10):
Only on the battlefield and in.

Speaker 2 (05:11):
The halls of power, of which we have tremendous power here,
including the head of a place called war we called
now war. We had defense, we had our secretary of defense.
Now we have his Secretary of War. And somehow I
think it's more emblematic, and hopefully we'll never have to
use war. But the fact that we're ready is very good.

(05:33):
Peace through strength is very important. But also in the
hearts of our nation's youth. That's where Charlie Road's strongest
at age eighteen. That inside inspired Charlie to found the
organization that ultimately touched the lives of millions and millions
of people, and so many young people that nobody's ever

(05:54):
seen anything like it. Frankly, turning point USA. It's amazing,
and it's actually bigger now. It's become bigger in the
last few weeks, and Charlie ever thought, I think his
end vision in many years from now would have been
just a fraction of what had turned out to be
in a couple of weeks or it's amazing with hard

(06:16):
work and joyful spirit and endless and enthusiasm and determination.
And he did have great enthusiasm. You know, I say
you need enthusiasm to be successful.

Speaker 1 (06:26):
He had great enthusiasm.

Speaker 2 (06:28):
Charlie grew Turning Point into the largest conservative youth organization
in the entire country. He forged a personal bond with
countless young conservatives. He fought for free speech, religious liberty,
strong borders, and a very strong and proud America. In
everything he did, he put America first. He really put
America first. And ultimately, Charlie, he became more than a

(06:53):
leader of an important organization. He became the leader of
historic movements all over the country that will moves individual movements,
one movement, but it was historic.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
Everything he did was historic.

Speaker 2 (07:06):
And.

Speaker 4 (07:07):
Everything he did was historic. An incredible day at the
White House on honor. That was a moment that was needed.
It will hopefully be a moment that his parents and
his wife and his children will have forever and never forget. Now.
Story number two, Donald Trump, after the doxing of ice agents,

(07:29):
is obviously not going to sit around and allow the
cartels to put bounties on our men and women in uniform,
our men and women protecting our border, our law enforcement officers,
and think they can just get away with it, as
they're now going to war with us. What is President
Trump doing now, Well, he's next looking quote at land
in Latin America, after the US military has conducted at

(07:52):
least five fatal strikes against alleged drug boats in the
Caribbean since September alone. Quote, we are certainly looking at
land now because we've got to see very well under control,
Trump told reporters on Wednesday. We've had a couple of
days where there isn't a boat to be found, and

(08:12):
I view that as a good thing, not a bad thing.
Trump said he wasn't interested in having the Coastguard simply
stop the elected drug boats because quote, we've been doing
that for thirty years and it has been totally ineffective.
They referring to the cartels have faster boats. Some of
these boats are seriously, I mean they're world class speedboats,

(08:34):
Trump said, But they're not faster than missiles. But we've
been trying to do that for years. The White House
has not responded to requests for comment about what this
means and details of the nature of a land operation
that Trump is considering. Additionally, Trump confirmed that he is
also and this is big news, authorized the CIA to

(08:58):
conduct covert operations in Venezuela after The New York Times
reported on Wednesday that he had approved the order. According
to Trump, he did so because Venezuela has released prisoners
into the US and that drugs were coming into the
US from Venezuela via maritime channels. Trump declined to answer though,

(09:21):
when asked if the CIA had the authority to quote
unquote takeout the Venezuelan president Maduro. He's nothing more than
a drug kingpin in that country. The Trump administration has
said it does not recognize Madua as a legitimate head
of state, but a leader of a drug cartel. Quote.
I don't want to answer a question like that, Trump said,

(09:43):
that's a ridiculous question for me to be given. Not
really a ridiculous question, But wouldn't it be a ridiculous
question for me to answer? But I think Venezuela is
feeling heat now. The Trump administration has adopted a hard
line approach to address the flow of drugs into the US,
and designated drug cartel groups like the Trende Ragua, Sineloa,

(10:05):
and other cartels as foreign terrorist organizations doing this back
in February. Additionally, the White House sent lawmakers a memo
as well September thirtieth dated, informing them that the US
is now participating in a non international armed conflict with

(10:26):
drug smugglers. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have
also voiced quote concerns over the legality of the strikes.
Senator Adam Shift, a Democrat who's never met a drug
dealer he didn't like, and Tim Kaine, the Democrat from Virginia,
have filed a war powers resolution to bar US forces
from engaging in hostilities against certain non state organizations, again

(10:52):
defending the drug cartels that are killing Americans. The resolution
failed in the Senate by a fifty one to forty
eight margin. October eighth. Republican Ran Paul of Kentucky and
Lisa murkowskive Alaska voted alongside their Democratic counterparts in the resolution.
When asked about lawmakers' concerns about the legality of the strikes,

(11:13):
Donald Trump dismissed them and said that lawmakers were informed
the vessels carried drugs quote, but they are given information
that they were loaded up with drugs. And that's the
thing that matters. The President said, when they're loaded up
with drugs, their fair game, and every one of those
ships were and they're not ships, their boats that were

(11:36):
loaded up with drugs. So the President of United States
of America making it very clear he's not going to
sit around and wait for more Americans to be killed
by accidental overdoses from fetnel. He's not going to wait
around while cartels are putting bounties on our American law
enforcement heads. He's going to war with these cartels because

(11:58):
he has designated this as terrorists organizations and this is
exactly what so many conservatives voted for in the last
presidential election.

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