Trump to Award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Published SEP 11·Updated SEP 26

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Above: U.S. President Donald Trump during the 9/11 observance event at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2025. Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is a direct result of years of the radical left's demonizing rhetoric that has cast conservative voices as Nazis and mass murderers. These malign voices have created a climate where violence has become the tragic outcome of the left's relentless character assassination. Kirk's death proves that the left's inflammatory language leads to terrorism and atrocity.

Trump White House

Anti-Trump narrative

The Trump administration and its allies are shamelessly using the death of Charlie Kirk to smear the progressive left and justify their anti-democratic policies. Despite the motivations and identity of who killed Kirk remaining unknown, the Trumpian far-right, much like the dictatorial forces of the twentieth century, only care about furthering their authoritarian grip on the country, the truth be damned.

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