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Topics: Politics, Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, US News
Britt Jones
When it comes to bringing both sides of the US political spectrum together, President Donald Trump says he 'couldn't care less'.
Ever since the death of right-wing political activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk on September 10, there has been mounting anger on both sides of the political coin.
Kirk was fatally shot during a college debate at Utah Valley University, with authorities confirming yesterday (September 12) that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson had been arrested in alleged connection with the 31-year-old's death.
Trump announced Kirk's death on Truth Social, and has paid numerous tributes to him, including raising flags at half-mast until Sunday to honor him.
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The President sat down with Fox News's Fox & Friends on Friday, where he also revealed that the suspect in Kirk's death 'was in custody', and co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked him how he plans to unite the country.
Earhardt asked the 79-year-old: "Because we have radicals on the right as well. We have radicals on the left. People have gotten are watching all of these videos and cheering. Some people are cheering that Charlie was, was killed. How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?"
To which he responded: "I'll tell you something that's going to get me in trouble, but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. They don't want to see crime. Worried about the border. They're saying, We don't want these people coming in. We don't want you burning our shopping centers. We don't want you shooting our people in the middle of the street."
He then went on to claim that it is the 'radical left' who are 'the problem', adding: "They're vicious and they're horrible and they're politically savvy, although they want men and women sports, they want transgender for everyone, they want open borders."
This isn't the first time Trump has pointed a finger at the 'radical left', as in his video message following Kirk's death, he vowed to take action against those he believed contributed to political violence, citing examples of attacks on Republicans, but not any Democrats.
He said in his message: "My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement officials, and everyone else who brings order to our country."
And yesterday, he told reporters while on the White House lawn that 'we just have to beat the hell' out of 'radical left lunatics', as he continued: "We have to be brave in life, in all fairness, we have a life. I probably shouldn’t be out here talking to you, in all fairness, but we will be brave. And we have a great country.
"We have radical left lunatics out there, and we just have to beat the hell out of them."