Trump to honor Charlie Kirk with posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Trump to Award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Above: U.S. President Donald Trump during the 9/11 observance event at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2025. Image copyright: 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.
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.