Overview

• On the South Lawn, the president said the U.S. has “radical left lunatics” and that “we just have to beat the hell out of them.”
• On Fox & Friends, he said he “couldn’t care less” about radicals on the right and called radicals on the left “vicious” and “horrible.”
• In an Oval Office address, he blamed “radical left” rhetoric for political violence and vowed to identify organizations he says funded or supported it.
• He announced a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom for Charlie Kirk and urged supporters to respond nonviolently.
• Officials say no arrest has been made and the motive remains unknown, as research cited in coverage shows right‑wing violence has historically caused more incidents and deaths than left‑wing violence.