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The Great Divider: Trump Says He Hates His Opponents at Charlie Kirk Memorial

The President bringing down the temperature of rhetoric: “I hate my opponents and I don’t want the best for them."

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Sep 22, 2025
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Well, if this isn’t cooling the political rhetoric, I don’t know what would.

Donald Trump claimed that Charlie Kirk did not hate his opponents but rather wished the “the best” for them, adding that this was the difference between them because Trump hates his opponents and doesn’t want the best for them.

The President: “I hate my opponents and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry. I am sorry Erika, but now Erika can talk to me and the whole group, and maybe they can convince me that that’s not right, but I can’t stand my opponents.”

Trump speaks at the 4:23 ish mark:

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