President Trump Joins Nation in Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Enduring Legacy
The following is from the Trump team.
Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and numerous Administration officials gathered with tens of thousands of American Patriots at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, to celebrate the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. It was a celebration of Charlie Kirk’s extraordinary life — ensuring his message of hope, reason, and righteousness endures as a beacon for generations.
The Administration — including President Trump, Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and White House Office of Presidential Personnel Director Sergio Gor — shared stirring testimonies of Kirk’s role as a leader, mentor, and motivator who didn’t just debate ideas, but ignited souls and forged a movement that now stands stronger than ever.
Here are key moments from President Trump’s remarks:
- “Charles James Kirk was heinously murdered by a radicalized, cold-blooded monster for speaking the truth that was in his heart. He was violently killed because he spoke for freedom and justice, for God and country, for reason and for common sense. He was assassinated because he lived bravely, he led boldly, and he argued brilliantly — without apology… On that terrible day, September 10th, 2025, our greatest evangelist for American liberty became immortal. He’s a martyr now for American freedom.” (Watch)
- “Through it all, the core of Charlie’s message and his basic method never changed… At every campus event, Charlie asked the people who disagreed with him to come forward — and instead of silencing them, he handed them a microphone and let them speak.” (Watch)
- “Shortly before Charlie arrived on campus the day he was assassinated, a staff member texted him that there were many critics and students who were opposed his views… Charlie wrote back to the staff member saying, ‘I’m not here to fight them. I want them to know them and love them and I want to reach them and try and lead them into a great way of life in our country.’ In that private moment on his dying day, we find everything we need to know about who Charlie Kirk truly was.” (Watch)
- “The radicals and their allies in the media — sometimes referred to, as my son said, the Fake News Media — tried to silence Charlie for a simple reason: because he was winning, and he was winning big… They lied about him because they did not want you to listen to him or learn from him. (Watch)
- “Every single American should take a long, hard look at the twisted soul and dark spirit of anyone who would want to kill a young man as good as Charlie Kirk — to kill anybody, but to kill a man like this… and anyone who would make excuses for it.” (Watch)
- “Charlie’s murder was not just an attack on one man or one movement — it was an attack on our entire nation… It was an assault on our most sacred liberties and God-given rights. The gun was pointed at him, but the bullet was aimed at all of us… Indeed, Charlie was killed for expressing the very ideas that virtually everyone in this arena, and most other places throughout our country, deeply belief in. But the assassin failed in his quest — because Charlie’s message has not been silenced, it now is bigger and better and stronger than ever before, and it’s not even close.” (Watch)
- “Some of the very same people who spent the last eight years trying to sit in moral judgment of anyone who disagreed with them about politics suddenly started cheering for murder… Some of the very people who call you a ‘hater’ for using the wrong pronoun were filled with glee at the killing of a father with two young children, and the same commentators who this week are screaming ‘fascism’ over a canceled late-night TV show, where the anchor had no talent or no ratings, last week were implying that Charlie Kirk deserved what happened to him.” (Watch)
- “No side in American politics has a monopoly on disturbed or misguided people, but there’s one part of our political community which believes they have a monopoly on truth, goodness, and virtue — and concludes they have also have a monopoly on power, thought, and speech… Tragically, atrocities of this kind we saw in Utah of all places are the eventual consequence of that kind of thinking. If speech is violence, then some are bound to conclude that violence is justified to stop speech.” (Watch)
- “The tradition of reason and open debate that Charlie practiced is not a pillar of our democracy; in many ways it’s the basis of our entire society… We will defend it at all costs and we will carry forward the torch of liberty that Charlie Kirk held so proud and so high.” (Watch)
- “Perhaps it should be no surprise that Charlie, who spent his life speaking with the critics of these traditions, ultimately became convinced that we needed not just a political re-alignment, but also a spiritual reawakening… He would have been so pleased to hear his friends and colleagues today giving testimony and giving glory to God.” (Watch)
- “The lesson of Charlie’s life is that you should never underestimate what one person can do with a good heart, a righteous cause, a cheerful spirit, and the will to fight, fight, fight… Charlie Kirk started with only an idea to change minds on college campuses and instead he ended up with a far greater achievement — changing history.” (Watch)
