Takeaways from Charlie Kirk's memorial service

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : He wanted the best for them," Trump said, before seeming to divert from his script.
63% : Ross D. Franklin/AP The reunion of Trump and his onetime "first buddy" appears to be the first time the two have been seen together publicly since the president honored Musk at the conclusion of his government service with DOGE in May. 
63% : Musk posted a photo on X of his reunion with Trump, with the caption: "For Charlie.
60% : And he's eternal," Trump said while noting he would award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
60% : " In his speech, Trump noted all the VIPs who had gathered in Arizona for the memorial, including the vice president, House Speaker Mike Johnson and a number of Republican senators.
58% : Before the president's speech, Trump and Musk were spotted sitting next to each other in the president's suite, along with UFC CEO Dana White.
56% : Trump made little effort to offer a unifying message in his speech.
54% : During Hegseth's speech, Trump leaned in and said something to Musk, the two both gesturing and the tech billionaire nodding repeatedly.
48% : Trump headlined the memorial, with a speech that both honored Kirk's life and delivered many familiar lines from the president's political rallies, delving into claims about violence from left-wing extremists that most speakers stayed away from Sunday.
47% : Trump said.
43% : In one notable moment, Trump said outright that his philosophy toward his opponents was different from Kirk's.
42% : "We're going to go do Chicago, and we're going to have Charlie very much in mind when we go into Chicago, and we'll get that one straight," Trump said.
40% : After a day when most speakers sought to convey messages of resolve and religious faith, Trump diverted at several moments into some of his more political themes, including criticism of his predecessor and boasting about crowd sizes.
36% : Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images "Some of the very people who call you a 'hater' for using the wrong pronoun were filled with glee at the killing of a father with two beautiful young children," Trump decried.
33% : Trump used the moment to touch on some divisive cultural touchpoints and said his Justice Department was investigating "networks of radical left maniacs who fund organized fuel and perpetrate political violence.
30% : " Offering a shrugging apology to Kirk's widow, Trump said it just wasn't in his DNA.
26% : Kirk was somewhat of a mediator between Musk and Trump after their falling-out.
23% : " Memorial brings out MAGA establishment -- and Trump and Musk together again Kirk's memorial was a who's who of the second Trump administration, past and present -- including Elon Musk, the former Department of Government Efficiency chief who has been at odds with Trump in recent months.

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