‘True American Hero’: Trump Awards ‘Martyr For Truth’ Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sean James Oct 14th, 2025, 5:33 pm

President Donald Trump praised slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a “true American hero” as he posthumously honored the Turning Point USA founder with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on Tuesday.

“We’re here to honor and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, [a] beloved leader who galvanized the next generation like nobody I’ve ever seen before,” Trump said at the White House. “[He was] an American patriot of the deepest conviction, the finest quality and the highest caliber — the late, great Charlie Kirk.”

The president, during a ceremony that included Kirk’s wife, Erika Kirk , Vice President

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