Charlie Kirk’s media network and his right-wing activist group, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), have fallen under the influence of Israel-aligned entities he opposed in his final months. Erika Kirk now asserts that her husband remained supportive of Israel until the end, while TPUSA distorts his anti-war stance regarding Iran.
The Charlie Kirk Show is presently distributed by a federally registered Israeli agent responsible for injecting Zionist messaging into American media. This arrangement is part of an expansive $46 million annual contract between the Israeli government and Brad Parscale, who served as Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign chief of staff. This agreement might represent the largest foreign lobbying effort in U.S. history.
On September 10, 2025, during the opening event of his American Comeback Tour at Utah Valley State University, Kirk was assassinated. Just over a week later, Parscale officially registered as a foreign agent representing the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, taking charge of a propaganda campaign aimed at Gen Z audiences through platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, podcasts, and various digital and broadcast media.
As a result, control of the Charlie Kirk Show, previously distributed by Salem Media Network since 2020, shifted to an Israeli foreign agent, with Parscale assuming the role of Salem’s Chief Strategy Officer. Under the contract’s terms, Parscale’s company, Clock Tower, would integrate pro-Israel content across Salem Media Network’s platforms.
A December 2025 article from Radio Ink confirmed that The Charlie Kirk Show “will continue as a podcast on the Salem Podcast Network, as Salem Media ‘will maintain its close professional and personal relationship with Turning Point USA.’”
Following Kirk’s death, those managing TPUSA have sought to suppress his strong opposition to war against Iran and his publicly expressed displeasure with Netanyahu and pro-Israel lobbyists in the United States. Erika Kirk, who succeeded him as TPUSA CEO, now claims she and her late husband consistently supported Israel, yet she remains evasive about what Kirk would have thought of the recent US-Israel war against Iran.
“My husband isn’t here to say whether or not we should be at war with Iran,” Erika Kirk responded during a TPUSA event in May 2026. “I would love for him to be here right now and tell us if we should or should not.”
Dishonest denials of Israel ties by Kirk’s successor
After Kirk’s assassination, Andrew Kolvet, TPUSA’s longtime communications director, stepped into hosting The Charlie Kirk Show. In a May episode, Kolvet criticized antiwar Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who had recently lost a Trump-backed primary backed heavily by Israel lobby donations. Though acknowledging Kirk’s admiration for Massie, Kolvet claimed Kirk privately grew “really frustrated” by the congressman’s interference with Trump’s plans.
Massie questioned the AI chatbot Grok on Twitter/X about whether The Charlie Kirk Show was now distributed by a registered foreign agent for Israel.
Under pressure, Grok eventually confirmed: “Yes, there’s a substantive connection here worth noting,” and explained that Salem Media, the show’s distributor, “has direct high-level overlap and active collaboration with a registered Israeli foreign agent.”
Still, Kolvet openly expressed gratitude towards the Israel-affiliated Salem Media for continuing to syndicate The Charlie Kirk Show after Kirk’s death. He told Radio Ink, “Salem has been so gracious through this process and even encouraged us to continue broadcasting the show on the Salem Radio Network.”
As of now, The Charlie Kirk Show remains available on the Salem Podcast Network’s website.
Kolvet’s efforts to deflect criticism have failed, fueling public resentment toward TPUSA for abandoning Kirk’s nuanced views on Israel and Iran.
Realigning TPUSA with Israel
In the weeks before Kirk was killed, The Grayzone reported that he expressed deep distress over mounting pressure from Netanyahu and Israel-affiliated operatives to launch an aggressive Zionist youth propaganda campaign. On August 6, 2025, just over a month before his murder, Kirk angrily condemned Jewish “leaders” and “stakeholders” for targeting him due to his critiques of Israeli policy. “It’s all of a sudden: ‘oh, Charlie: he’s no longer with us.’ Wait a second—what does ‘with us’ mean, exactly? I’m an American, okay? I represent this country,” he declared on Megyn Kelly’s podcast.
Shortly before this outburst, Kirk attended a private gathering in the Hamptons hosted by Zionist billionaire Bill Ackman. There, as The Grayzone uncovered, Israel lobbyist Natasha Hausdorff reprimanded Kirk for complaining about Tel Aviv’s “moral blackmail.” By then, Kirk had rejected significant Israel-directed funding for TPUSA and was declining Netanyahu’s offer to visit Jerusalem. Furthermore, he allowed some of the most outspoken right-wing Israel critics—such as Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and anti-Zionist comedian Dave Smith—access to TPUSA event stages.
On September 6, 2025, Robert Shillman, a staunch Zionist billionaire, publicly condemned Kirk at a private Los Angeles gala, lamenting his previous financial support of TPUSA now that Kirk opposed Israel. As The Grayzone reported, Shillman promptly withdrew a $2 million donation as punishment for Kirk’s defiance.
Four days later, Kirk was fatally shot in the neck by a sniper during his American Comeback Tour, witnessed by thousands in attendance.
Within just over a week following this assassination, the Israeli Foreign Ministry effectively gained control over The Charlie Kirk Show via Parscale’s Clock Tower lobbying contract. Considering Kirk’s explicit and private objections to Israel in the weeks before his murder, it is improbable he would have approved outsourcing distribution of his show to a registered Israeli lobbyist.
On September 15, Ben Shapiro, a prominent propagandist linked to Netanyahu’s US network, visited TPUSA studios and announced he was donating $1 million from his Daily Wire outlet to TPUSA, claiming the funds were intended “to bring people back to Christ, and bring people back to church, and back to biblical values.”
There is currently no proof implicating the state of Israel in Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Nonetheless, his death undeniably eliminated a major obstacle to Israel’s efforts to pressure Trump into launching a large-scale regime change war against Iran.
As The Grayzone reported, Kirk was the sole member of Trump’s inner circle to personally urge the president against deploying US forces during Israel’s 12-day assault on Iran in June 2025. According to a source, Trump “barked” at Kirk for this defiance and dismissed him. Soon after, Trump authorized airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, paving the way for Operation Epic Fury the following year. This account has been later corroborated by Vice President J.D. Vance.
Suppressing Charlie Kirk’s ideological shift
When Trump launched Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026, he set in motion a conflict that validated Kirk’s dire predictions about the perils of regime change warfare in Tehran. Four days into the conflict, TPUSA posted a video on X implying Kirk would have backed the assault on Iran. This sparked yet another fierce backlash, with many criticizing the group for distorting Kirk’s clear anti-war position.
By then, Erika Kirk was actively working to realign TPUSA with an Israeli agenda that her late husband had resisted.
On December 13, 2025, she appeared in a televised town hall hosted by self-described “Zionist fanatic” Bari Weiss, aired on CBS News, which had recently been acquired by billionaire Israeli insider David Ellison. During this carefully orchestrated event, Weiss prompted Erika Kirk regarding her late husband’s views on Israel.
Erika Kirk recounted that “Charlie used to say: Jew hate is brain rot,” fondly recalling a trip to Jerusalem where she “saw the Bible come alive in Technicolor.”
“How could you hate that place?” she asked, referring to the state of Israel.
Original article: thegrayzone.com
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