Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President granted the US’s highest civilian award to the far-right commentator who was assassinated in September

Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, to the assassinated far-right commentator Charlie Kirk at the White House on Tuesday.

Kirk, who was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in September, was among the most significant rightwing activists in the modern political era, galvanizing a younger generation of conservatives to engage in politics and support Trump’s candidacy ahead of the 2024 election.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/charlie-kirk-presidential-medal-of-freedom-trump

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