President Donald Trump gave a rambling answer when pressed about free speech concerns after right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was killed last week.
Trump made the remarks in an interview with Fox News’s Martha MacCallum on Thursday from Chequers, the U.K. Prime Minister’s country home. Trump has since departed the U.K. following a two-day state visit, which included a star-studded state banquet and a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
It is not “He is a great guy”, they are thinking “I wanna be that guy!”.
Infinite wealth, paired with the ability to be an asshole without consequence, is what they want to be. The best they can manage is to live vicariously through him.