Trump Riffs About Charlie Kirk Shooting at His Golf Club — Expresses Sympathy for Suspect’s ‘Very Nice’ Parents: ‘Boy, That’s a Tough Deal’

Sean James Sep 14th, 2025, 3:08 pm

President Donald Trump said the young man who shot and killed conservative influencer Charlie Kirk had been “totally radicalized” and made “crazy” by liberal ideology, and also expressed sympathy for the suspect assassin’s parents, saying they seemed like “very nice people.”

The president’s comments were made while addressing a small crowd at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Saturday evening.

“So many things have been learned about [the shooter] so quickly,” Trump. said. “He’s become totally radicalized and crazy and it must have been traumatic. Because the parents are conservative people, suppos

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