The Adam Mockler Show - Trump Nukes Charlie Kirk Legacy

Episode Date: September 10, 2026

Click below for premium Adam Mockler content:👉 https://adammockler.com/subscribe👉 https://www.youtube.com/@adammockler/joinAdam Mockler breaks down how, on the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk's assassination, Trump has undermined Kirk's legacy by dragging the country into a 190-day Iran war that Kirk repeatedly warned against, dodging questions about Kirk to hype his ballroom, and tanking with young voters whose loyalty Kirk built, alongside JD Vance's glitchy Charlie Kirk Show return and new polling showing Trump's approval deeply underwater heading into the midterms.JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AdamMockler/Discord: https://discord.gg/y9yzMU3GffInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammockler/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adammockler.com/Twitter: https://x.com/adammocklerr/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adammocklerContact: [e-mail] inquiries: [e-mail] Mockler - Mockler Media LLC

All right, everybody, I have a hot take. I think that Donald Trump has done the most damage to Charlie Kirk's legacy over the past year. Today is September 10th, which means it's been one year since Charlie Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University. And in my framework, my ideology, there's zero place for political violence anywhere, especially when somebody's speaking their mind. I disagreed with basically everything Charlie Kirk said, but you shouldn't assassinate or execute people publicly for any reason or in any reason. Anyway, either way, ever since that happened, I think it's fair to say that the Republicans that Charlie Kirk helped elect have done more damage to his legacy than any liberal, any leftist, any memes that go around on the internet, and I can prove that throughout this video. Let's just start here. Let's jump in with a very basic video of Charlie Kirk on a college campus two to three years back, talking about one of the biggest threats that could currently happen. It's not Iran.

He saw Iran as a threat, but he viewed a potential. financial war with Iran is one of the biggest threats. Listen. Make sure we don't go to war against Iran, which would be a profound mistake for our country. So that's a really, really important thing. Drill maybe drill domestically, peace in the Middle East, peace with Russia, Ukraine. You'll see gas prices go down to 30 bucks a barrel. Truly, what does that mean?

$1.75 a gallon. That's what it means, okay? Damn, holy shit. I mean, none of that happened. It's almost like, it's just tragic how none of this happened whatsoever. I mean, gas is very high because there is no peace in the Middle East, and because of Donald Trump's radical foreign policy in the Middle East. These Republicans fearmongered about Kamala Harris going to war with Iran,

but Donald Trump is the one who did that. When Trump was asked a few months ago about Charlie Kirk, about the person who basically helped get him elected, I think we can concede that at this point. As a young dude, I've seen how many of my friends at college campuses followed Charlie Kirk or reposted his stuff, he did have a stranglehold, and he did help Trump in a marginal manner,

and now Trump is just throwing him under the board, bus. Trump got asked about him a few months ago and Trump just pivots over to his ballroom within seconds. I want you to listen up to this. He was asked regarding your late friend, Charlie Kirk Kirk, Kirk, how are you holding up over the last day and a half a day? He was asked, regarding your late friend, Charlie Kirk, how are you holding up? I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks, they just started construction of the new bowl. all over the White House, which is something they've been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years, and it's going to be a beauty. It'll be an absolute and like that.

I'm going to double down on what I said. The people that Charlie Kirk helped elect have done the most damage to his reputation. Here's another clip of him railing against a war with Iran before he was killed. And it's very important to point out Trump went to war after he died. So Charlie Kirk likely would have been speaking out against this. Maybe he would have just followed along. did that with Epstein, but I think he would have probably splintered with Donald Trump on this issue, and many young voters have already splintered with Trump. It has become a fierce civil war in MAGA. And Trump is losing many of the same voters that he had made promises to and broken, like young voters. Young voters still predominantly voted for Kamala Harris and Democrats down ballot, but Trump did make

some gains that he has now lost in massive epic proportion. By the way, if you want to help the movement and join Mockler Media. Make sure you subscribe below. Drop a like. We're pushing for a better America. Check out what Charlie Kirk was saying about Iran. Because while Iran should not have a nuclear weapon, going to war with Iran would be catastrophic. Going to war with Iran would be a dreadful mistake. And that includes American military strikes on the interior of Iran. Two things can simultaneously true. We need to exit. We need to exert maximum leverage while also saying we are not going to go to war with Iran. It doesn't matter if Tom Cotton wants it.

It doesn't matter if Lindsey Graham wants it. It doesn't matter if all the U.S. senators and the deep state cabal wants it. We will clearly say we are against a war with Iran. I would strongly oppose any form of military strikes on Iranian nuclear equipment, period. That would be an act of war.

I don't care if it's limited. That is an act of war. Ever since the Cold of War ended, our elites have made a fetish out of never negotiating with people. everything is always non-negotiable the same people who endlessly want to invade Iran who are horrified at the idea of trying to get what we want without a war it's actually insane how prescient this was he was pointing out how deep state elites who are

thirsty for a war in the middle east will come to Donald trump and try to convince him because it's their wet dream people like lindsay graham i i actually believe he probably would have been calling this stuff out the last thing america needs is another war well guess what we are 190-something days into this new war with Iran, the strait of Formuz is closed down, we are in a weaker position, and I wasn't saying this to be provocative at the beginning of this video that Trump has ruined Charlie Kirk's legacy. It actually genuinely feels like Charlie Kirk's entire thesis was to win young voters over to the Republican Party and stop the party from being entrenched by war of interest, also a lot of other

conservative shit about abortion, about DEI, about black Americans. He had a bunch of very regressive, racist stuff. But one of his core fundamental things was trying to win over young voters. Now this Iran war is raging on. Prices are spiking and young voters are fleeing, fleeing away from anything to do with Donald Trump, going to vote down ballot for Democrats by a huge margin according to all of the voting. So Charlie Kirk's life work, his reputation, has basically been just squandered by Trump over the course of two years. And I think that's absolutely fair to say. Listen to what he was saying on Twitter. Should the U.S. US get involved in Israel's war against Iran. This was June 12th of 2025. 85. 89.7% of his audience said no.

So it's pretty clear where he landed there. Here's more of him talking about this. Let's do some updates about Israel and Iran and potentially the United States. On one side is the Lindsey Graham, John Bolton types, where they are actively calling for regime change. Here is Lindsey Graham. This is just lunacy. this kind of analysis is not helpful, this kind of approach, this kind of argument. It has nothing to with nuclear weapons at this point. This is now that we want to go all in and take out the regime. It's time for us to close the chapter on the Iranian Ayatollah and his henchmen and start a new chapter in the Middle East.

That sounds good, doesn't it? but what have we learned when it comes to wars and especially wars in the Middle East? What you draw up on a whiteboard rarely happens. Actually, low-key, very true. He had a lot of clarity on this. Now this brings me to today, September 10th of 2026. It has been one year, and J.D. Vance hops on the Charlie Kirk Show for the big return, and it immediately glitches out and lags.

Watch. Amazing testament to the kind of man that God made. And unfortunately, you just can't replace that. And, you know, whether it was as a cheerleader for the people. It's, that's insane. The sudden turn to black was absolutely wild. Here is Cash Patel one year ago when the investigation started, saying the famous line, Lastly, to my friend Charlie Kirk,

rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you in Valhalla. The Republican Party got into its own civil war about whether or not that was appropriate, and it has been memed to hell. When Jimmy Kimmel's show got canceled, I said, I'll see you in Valhalla, Jimmy. We made fun of that a lot. But James Talariko then invoked Charlie Kirk just yesterday, talking about his God is non-binary comment, saying it's not controversial. A lot of people agree with this.

God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is non-binary. Do you still stand by that? I was being provocative with that statement. I get that. What I was trying to say is that you can't use human categories to define God. And that's not controversial, theologically. In fact, the late Charlie Kirk, the late Pope Benedict, all said the same thing.

They did. They said the exact same thing. They said, you can't define God in some sort of binary. And then James Tilariko said, yeah, he's non-binary. And Republicans are trying to turn this into some huge culture war issue. The reality is, they're. are really struggling come the midterms. Donald Trump always cites CNN analyst Harry Enten, and he's pretty good at what he does. I like Harry Enten. And Trump cites this one poll where like Maga Republicans have a 99% approval rating of Trump, which makes sense. They're MAGA Republicans,

of course. They're very specific subcategory of Republicans and voters overall. But Harry Enten then broke down this morning what the midterms are looking like, and it is brutal for Republicans. Again, I'm just going to keep looping this back. Charlie Kirk said one thing, would destroy the Republican Party. A war with Iran on Israel's behalf. And this guy was pro-Israel. He was very pro-Israel, but he said we shouldn't be going to war in the Middle East. It's very fair to say that. Very fair. Lindsay Graham, John Bolton, these people want wars. It is not going well. Even John Bolton on this day will say this war is not going well for the United States, and he wanted this war. So now we are 190 days into this war. It is going to just absolutely

wreck Donald Trump come to midterms. And here's what they say on CNN. Betting, and I know because it's been reported that a lot of Republicans wish, certainly that he didn't make two appearances, which seems to be the case, but that he didn't make one appearance. I guess they're happy that, in fact,

the one good thing about him going out during the NFL season actually beginning is most people will be watching the NFL. Maybe that was the strategy all along, because just look at this. Trump's not approval rating according to Ipsos, Reuters, Ipsos polling. Look at this.

You know, in term number one, things were bad, right, in September of 2018. The president's not a president. approval rating was 14 points underwater. That is his approval rating was 14 points. Lower than his disapprover rating. But you know, you saw a little bit of spike, right, going the term number two of plus six months.

But look at this, look at this number. President Trump is 30 points underwater. He is under the Gulf of Mexico or to put it in President Trump's language, the Gulf of America. It is insane how low he is now. Holy shit. Trump's net approval rating on independence,

negative 18 in term one during the midterms. Negative 1, now negative 50? Just look at this. Trump's not uproaring among independents. Look at this. In term 1, he was 18 points under order. Again, not too hot to try. But look at this, 50 points underwater. That is absolutely absurd.

It gets even worse. He is underwater among everybody. We are going to see what happens. But Charlie Kirk was saying this provocative shit about two years ago. Okay, everybody, a lot of people are going to be saying, Happy Juneteenth. It should not be a federal holiday and I'm on my way to work. Have a good day.

Um, Juneteenth is a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery every single year. I think it absolutely should be a holiday. It's an important part of American history. Charlie Kirk simultaneously wanted Confederate statues up while not wanting any holidays for black Americans. Kind of suspicious, but as Cash Patel said. Lastly, to my friend Charlie Kirk, rest now, brother. We have the watch. And I'll see you in Valhalla.

See you in Valhalla. says Cash Patel. You know, while I play this clip of Erica Kirk, then speaking at a conference a few months ago, a Trump rally with huge fireworks, I want to further prove my theory that Donald Trump has ruined Charlie Kirk's legacy. A lot of Kirk's legacy over the past year

has turned into these ironic memes online. People in my generation call them like meta-ironic. It's a few different layers of Charlie Kirk memes on different like, you know, characters and cartoons. and it's really interesting stuff, right? However, I think that a lot of Charlie Kirk's work and his goal surrounding voter mobilization and changing the view of the Republican Party has been absolutely nullified by Trump,

who has proven that MAGA was just a sophisticated marketing scheme for the same old Republican policies. And maybe Charlie Kirk genuinely believed that Trump was going to change, that his second term was going to be different, and he was going to drain the swamp. But the reality is, that is not what happened. I mean, he was alive when Trump coin started. He was alive when Melania coin started and all of the scamming started.

He was alive when we bombed Iran the first time. And he actually supported that. But this second go-around has proven that the Republican Party is the same exact party that they were. I mean, Trump tries to act like he's a change agent or a visionary or something different than Bush and the other Republicans. But he's not. He will cut taxes for the rich. he will cut Medicaid and health care for the poor, and what he'll then do is start a war with a country that starts with IRA that is then endless, costs us a bunch of money, raises our debt, raises our

deficit. It's the same exact, old policies that we have seen time and time again, and it's not what Kirk wanted. I hate to keep invoking it, but on the one-year anniversary, the one-year, like, I guess, I don't know if anniversary is a good word, because it's a bad thing that happened. I guess people call it the 9-11 anniversary. But on the one-year date, on the one-year date, on the one year mark, it seems like everything that he worked for is gone. I'm going to leave it there. I love you all. I'll see you all in Valhalla. Peace out.