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.
When he says “these people” he is referring to himself and his acolytes in the government. It’s not complicated, it’s just deeply disappointing and depressing, but has proven to be true time and time again. Projection works, at least well enough to scrape together power while people try to figure it out.