Forward of touring to Arizona for Charlie Kirk’s memorial, President Donald Trump praised him Sunday morning earlier than boarding Marine One.
“We are able to rejoice the lives of an incredible man right this moment, actually an incredible man. He is a younger man however an incredible man,” Trump mentioned. “And we sit up for it. It truly is. We need to take a look at it as a time of therapeutic, a time of no matter, that one thing like this might have occurred just isn’t even plausible.”
President Donald Trump speaks to the media earlier than boarding Marine One to depart for Glendale, Arizona, to attend a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, on the White Home in Washington, Sept. 21, 2025.
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Requested what he’s going to say to Kirk’s spouse and household, Trump mentioned he’s going to supply them consolation.
“Effectively, I will simply give them my love. There’s nothing like you’ll be able to say. You discuss in regards to the nice issues he is achieved. I imply, he is been wonderful. He is had an incredible affect for a younger man that was, did an incredible job. He did an incredible job, and he had a maintain on youth as a result of they beloved him. They revered him,” Trump mentioned.
-ABC Information’ Hannah Demissie