A packed Neville Arena fell into chants of “U-S-A” on Wednesday night as President Donald Trump called in live during Eric and Lara Trump’s conversation at Turning Point USA’s campus tour visit at Auburn University.
The spontaneous call came near the close of a program that affirmed the life and legacy of late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, who was politically assassinated nearly two months ago, and his message to students about faith, family and defending American values.
Trump opened immediately with love for Auburn University and the State of Alabama.
“Auburn’s a special place. I’ve been there many times. I know many people from that area, number one, and from that school. It’s a great school. We love Alabama,” President Trump said over speakerphone.
“But I just want to pay my respects to Charlie and Erika [Kirk]. These are two incredible people. And Erika, I’ve spoken to her often. She’s just a spectacular person, and she’s going to start where Charlie left off. And we should never, we should never allow this to happen. One of the greatest people we’ve ever known and was so responsible for our win. And we love Charlie. He’s looking down on us right now, all of us,” Trump said.
“As President of the United States, I love you all. Our country is doing great. We’ve never been in a position like this – the investments being made, all of the money coming in – and a lot of it’s responsible that our great Charlie. I’ll tell you what, he was the first in line, always the first in line to help. So I just want to pay my respects to Charlie and everybody, and we love you all. Thank you very much, everybody.”
The Auburn stop of TPUSA’s “This Is the Turning Point Tour” drew thousands of students and fans of Kirk to hear Eric and Lara Trump, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), and conservative host Benny Johnson for an evening to celebrate and spread the values Kirk championed.
An estimated attendance nearing 6,000 filled the arena.
Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.
