Trump Honors Charlie Kirk at 9/11 Pentagon Ceremony With Posthumous Medal of Freedom Announcement
The president used the Pentagon’s 9/11 observance to announce a top civilian honor for the slain Turning Point USA leader.
Overview
- Trump said he will award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, with a ceremony to be scheduled.
- Kirk, 31, was fatally shot Wednesday while speaking on a college campus in Utah.
- During the observance, Trump declared Patriot Day and ordered U.S. flags lowered to half-staff.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lauded Kirk in his remarks, calling him a good and faithful servant.
- Vice President JD Vance altered his plans to visit Kirk’s family in Utah and fly with the casket to Arizona on Air Force Two.