Trump hails 'martyr' Charlie Kirk at posthumous medal ceremony
2025-10-15 10:13
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WASHINGTON — U.S.
President Donald Trump hailed assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a "martyr for truth and freedom" Tuesday as he posthumously awarded the right-wing activist America"s highest civilian honor.
Handing the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Kirk"s tearful widow, Trump compared the 31-year-old conservative to Socrates, Saint Peter, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.
Trump, 79, also used the somber ceremony at the White House to vow to redouble his crackdown on what he calls radical left-wing groups that he launched following Kirk"s shooting.
"In the wake of Charlie"s assassination, our country must have absolutely no tolerance for this radical left violence, extremism and terror," Trump told an audience of the country"s conservative elite.
"We"re done with the angry mobs, and we"re not going to let our cities be unsafe." Father-of-two Kirk was shot dead on a Utah college campus last month, sparking a wave of grief among conservatives and promises of a clampdown from Trump that has seen National Guard troops sent to several Democrat-run cities.
Guests at the ceremony inclu
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