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76 changes: 43 additions & 33 deletions _posts/2025/09/2025-09-11-CanonizationCharlieKirk.md
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Asked whether the mail bombs, which were sent by [one of his Trump’s radicalized followers](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/nyregion/pipe-bombs-sent-democrats.html), might lead to a shift in his political tone, [the president replied](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/rejecting-unity-trump-says-maybe-ve-gotten-worse-shooting-rcna164064), “Tone down? No. Could tone up.”

Nearly seven years later, too little has changed.

The [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/)’ [David French noted](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/opinion/donald-trump-second-term-israel-ukraine.html) earlier this year that [Trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) “is at his absolute worst in a crisis.” The columnist, whose observation was unrelated to deadly gun violence, added in reference to the [president](https://www.whitehouse.gov/), “He is not a man who is ready to meet important and dangerous moments.”

The [Republican](https://www.gop.com/) [keeps proving the point](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/wildfires-crisis-continues-trump-targets-californias-governor-rcna186884). When there was a deadly hurricane in [North Carolina](https://www.nc.gov/), [he flunked a leadership test](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/nc-trump-takes-chance-pretending-fema-lies-are-true-rcna176544). When there was a deadly attack in [New Orleans](), [he flunked again](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-reaction-new-orleans-attack-went-bad-worse-rcna186109). When responding to deadly fires in [California](https://www.ca.gov/), [he flunked again](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/wildfires-crisis-continues-trump-targets-californias-governor-rcna186884). In the wake of the [Flight 5342 crash](https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA25MA108.aspx), [he flunked again](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-rails-dei-response-deadly-american-airlines-army-helicopter-cras-rcna190024). In the wake of the recent murders in [Minnesota](https://www.mn.gov/), [he flunked again](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-tim-walz-call-minnesota-shooting-rcna213450).

And in the aftermath of [Kirk](https://www.charliekirk.com/)’s death, nothing, in fact, has changed.

This post updates our [related earlier coverage](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-tim-walz-call-minnesota-shooting-rcna213450).

[Steve Benen](https://www.msnbc.com/author/steve-benen-ncpn433601) is a producer for "[The Rachel Maddow Show](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show)," the editor of [MaddowBlog](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show) and an [MSNBC](https://www.msnbc.com/) political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of ["Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/ministry-of-truth-steve-benen)

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