CHICAGO — President Donald Trump lionized conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a public memorial service Sunday, claiming Kirk pleaded with him to “save Chicago” in one of their last conversations before Kirk was fatally shot.

As Trump’s 40-minute speech at a packed State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, veered into politics, he recalled Kirk — a native of suburban Arlington Heights — supported his effort to send swarms of federal agents to Chicago.

“One of the last things he said to me is, ‘Please, sir, save Chicago.’ We are going to do that,” Trump said. “We are going to save Chicago from horrible crime.”

Kirk, founder of the influential conservative organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot Sept. 10 during a speaking appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.

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