In a haunting video recorded on July 1, 2024—just hours before Steve Bannon was to surrender to federal prison—Charlie Kirk unleashed a fiery manifesto that now echoes like a grim prophecy. Filmed as a guest spot on Bannon’s War Room at the time, Kirk’s words dissected the resilience of the MAGA movement, warning of assassinations and urging “next man up” in the face of elite tyranny.
Little did he know, or perhaps he did, that his own life would end in a hail of bullets on September 10, 2025, during a campus event in Utah. This clip, replayed in conservative circles, isn’t just a speech—it’s a middle finger to the forces that silenced him.
QUICK CLIP:
Charlie Kirk Warns Of The Threat Of Political Assassination Attempts On June 30th, 2024 pic.twitter.com/9kiC3nBvBP
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) September 11, 2025
Kirk categorized political movements into three categories: fragile, durable, and anti-fragile, borrowing from Nassim Taleb’s bestseller.
The fragile? Spineless Republicans like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, who crumble under scrutiny and apologize endlessly. The durable? Pre-Trump conservatives with grit but not enough to weather the storm. Then comes the anti-fragile: the Trump-led juggernaut that thrives on adversity.
“You take one out, ten thousand more appear,” Kirk thundered. “You take one out, we give more money. You take one out, we register more voters.”
Indictments, deplatforming, IRS audits—they don’t break it; they fuel it. Trump himself, Kirk noted, looked “younger, stronger” post-indictments, his purpose sharpened by the grind.
But the video’s edge sharpens on assassinations. Kirk rattled off history’s bloody hits: Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Kennedy.
“Assassinations of major political leaders are nothing new,” he said, noting America’s brief reprieve from them.
Then the bombshell: “The real interesting question is, will they try to kill Joe Biden or Donald Trump?” In hindsight, it’s chilling—Kirk positioned himself in the crosshairs, listing threats like Tucker Carlson’s liquidation or MTG’s committee stripping.
He accused the left of decapitation tactics: negative press, lawfare, intimidation of school board parents and Latin Mass Catholics.
“If we act like we’re intimidated, they’re going to win,” he warned.
This wasn’t empty rhetoric. Bannon added to the theme and called for a 20-year war to reclaim America, bending history’s arc toward citizen rule, not slavery. He praised the movement’s ascent, pulling in Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and under-29s disillusioned with invasion and Capitol madness. Historians, he predicted, would chronicle this for a millennium, marveling at why figures like Kirk, Navarro, and Trump doubled down despite everything to lose.
Following the assassination, the video has gone viral, symbolizing anti-fragility in action. Kirk’s death didn’t shatter MAGA; it galvanized it.
Protests erupted overnight, donations surged, voter drives intensified—proving his point. Critics dismiss it as paranoia, but with Butler’s Trump attempt at assassination and now Kirk’s execution, it’s validation.
The left’s celebratory tweets? Fuel for the fire.
Kirk’s message endures: We’re not fragile. We’re unbreakable. His killers thought a bullet ends a man; they forgot it births a legend. In this divided America, under President Trump’s watchful eye, the anti-fragile rise. Kirk’s words? A blueprint for revenge through resilience. Don’t quit, he echoed Bannon—we win if we don’t.
For a fuller context, watch this pre-recorded video of Charlie Kirk:
