Influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated Wednesday during a campus speaking event in Utah. He was 31.

Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA and a married father of two, was a close ally of President Trump and a powerful surrogate and adviser to his political movement.

Trump, 79, announced Kirk’s death on Truth Social, writing : “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!” 9

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Shortly before confirming Kirk’s death, Trump told The Post in a brief phone interview: “He

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