Oct. 15, 2025

Trump’s Beach Body Diplomacy PLUS Charlie Kirk awarded Medal of Freedom

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At a joint press event with Argentina’s president, Trump pauses to tell a female reporter how much he likes watching her speak, threatens to “violently disarm” Hamas, and compares his body to Joe Biden’s — all while handing Argentina twenty billion dollars. Because nothing says “statesman” like flirting, flexing, and foreign aid.

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Callaroga shark media from Washington, d C. Where women are

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doing their jobs and should not be ogled by old men.

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This is ballot, that's right. But hey, look at who

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we're talking about. Let's hit this. I'm Patrick Gutfield and

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President Trump held a press event Tuesday with Argentine President

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Paviere Millay. When a female reporter tried to ask a

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question as staffers were ushering the press out, Trump, who

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is seventy nine years old, stopped everything to tell her

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he liked to watch her speak. Sir, she's trying to

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do her job, not audition for your approval. This happened

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at the same event where Trump threatened to violently disarm Hamas,

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gave twenty billion dollars to Argentina, and said he didn't

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need to explain his military strategy to anyone, but he

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had time to stop and comment on how much he

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enjoys watching a reporter talk. The reporter was attempting to

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ask an actual question. You know, journalism the thing reporters do,

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but apparently we needed a moment to appreciate the visual

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experience first. In the middle of all this, Trump casually

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announced that if Hamas doesn't disarm the United States will

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disarm them quickly and perhaps violently. When asked for specifics

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on how exactly we do that, Trump said, I don't

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have to explain that to you, which is a refreshing

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change from politicians who over explain things why bore us

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with details like military strategy or congressional approval. Trump said

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he spoke directly to Hamas and asked if they disarm. Yes, sir,

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we're going to disarm, they told him. So, We're good, Hamas,

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Pinky promised. Then Trump went on what he called a tangent,

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suggesting Hamas can't disarm yet because they need to take

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out a couple of gangs that were very bad. So

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Hamas needs to clean up Gaza before giving up their weapons. Sure,

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let the terrorist organization handle some lighthouse keeping first. Israeli

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah, who said Friday that if disarmament

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happens the easy way, it's all for the better, and

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if not, it will be achieved the hard way. Everyone's

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really committed to, keeping their options vague. Meanwhile, Hamas was

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supposed to return the bodies of twenty eight deceased hostages,

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but only returned four on Monday and four on Tuesday.

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The four from Tuesday haven't even been identified yet. During negotiations,

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Hamas warned they wouldn't be able to recover all the

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remains by the seventy two hour deadline. Israel's defense minister

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said Hamas was failing to meet its commitments. Trump accused

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Hamas of having misrepresented the number of dead hostages they

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could return. We were told they had twenty six, twenty

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four of the dead hostages, and it seems as though

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they don't have that. So not only did they miss

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the deadline, they apparently don't have all the bodies. They

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said they had strong start to the peace process, but

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don't worry. Hama said yes, sir when Trump asked about disarming.

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And if there's one thing we know about Hamas, it's

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that they're real sticklers for keeping their word. President Trump

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was asked Tuesday if he'd visit Argentina and said he'd

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love to, but then went on an extended riff about

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beach bodies. I'd like to be like Biden. I'd like

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to go to the beach, Trump said. My legs are

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not quite as thin as his. My legs are slightly heavier,

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my arms are slightly larger. My body is a little

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bit larger than his. I'm not sure it would be

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appreciated on the beach, but I'm not going to take

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a chance. You won't see me in a bathing suit.

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This is what we're discussing at a White House event

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about a twenty billion dollar bailout beach bodies. Trump, who

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is seventy nine and was diagnosed in July with a

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condition that causes legs swelling, has repeatedly mocked Biden for

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vacationing at Rehoboth Beach, but now he's taken it to

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the next level by providing a detailed comparative analysis of

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their physiques. My arms are slightly larger. Thank you for

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that visual, mister president. The comment came as Trump was

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trying to bolster Argentine President Javier Melay ahead of closely

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watched midterm elections on October twenty sixth. Trump said US

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support depends entirely on Mela winning. If he wins, we're

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staying with him, and if he doesn't win, we're gone.

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So we're giving Argentina twenty billion dollars, but only if

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they elect the right guy. That's not how bailouts usually work.

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But sure. Trump called Melay his favorite president. Melay is

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a self described radical libertarian who made his name with

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a slash spending mantra, an unusual hairstyle, and a claim

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that he seeks political advice from his dogs. His dogs

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his political advisors are dogs. But at least Trump won't

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be wearing a bathing suit in Buenos Aire's small mercies.

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President Trump held a Medal of Freedom ceremony Tuesday for

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Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder, who was assassinated

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at a Utah College campus five weeks ago. It would

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have been Kirk's thirty second birthday. Trump called Kirk a

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true American hero whose name would be entered forever into

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the eternal roster of American heroes. Then he spent much

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of the speech talking about himself. The ceremony was held

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on the patio that replaced much of the Rose Guard

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in this past summer. Trump remarked that people are loving

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the controversial renovation and suggested the nice weather was God's

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doing because he didn't want bad weather for the late

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great Charlie Kirk. Trump told Kirk's widow, Erica, that she

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had endured unspeakable hardship. With unbelievable strength. He also told

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her that before meeting her, Kirk had said, you won't

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believe how beautiful she is. Now that I meet her,

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He's right, then, Trump added, but then he also said,

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she's the smartest person I know. See, they do go

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together on occasion, not often, but on occasion. Nothing honors

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a fallen activist quite like telling his widow that beauty

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and intelligence rarely coincide. Trump praised Kirk as a fearless

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warrior for liberty and noted that Turning Point has become

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bigger in the last few weeks than Charlie ever thought.

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He credited Kirk with helping him win more young people

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than any Republican by far in the history of our

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country in twenty twenty four. But then Trump kept wandering

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off script in jarring moments, he'd pivot from solemn remarks

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about Kirk to bragging about his own administration. At one point,

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he boasted that DC restaurants were booming and dinner reservations

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were hard to find thanks to his deployment of National

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Guard troops across the district. Sir, we're eulogizing someone. Trump

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attacked far left radicals who resort to desperate acts of

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violence and terror, and said they have the devil's ideology.

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Then he singled out Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for

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Virginia Attorney General, whose campaign has been doggied by controversial

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texts joking about violence against Republicans. Let's see how that

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turns out. Trump said, So he turned a memorial service

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into a campaign stop for a state level Republican candidate,

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Sarah Harmony. Was attended by Vice President j d Vance,

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, Fox News personalities past and present,

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and Argentine President Javier Milay. Trump looked around and said,

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we have everybody. Wow. Kirk is the first person to

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receive the Medal of Freedom in Trump's second term. During

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his first term, Trump awarded it to Rush Limbaugh, Jim Jordan,

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and Orrin Hatch. He's announced plans to award it next

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to his disbarred former attorney Rudy Giuliani and Ben Carson.

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Trump described Kirk's death as a horrible, heinous, demonic act

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of murder and said Kirk was cut down in the

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prime of his life for boldly speaking the truth. He

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called it a privilege to award the honor. Then he

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talked about restaurant reservations again,