US Edition'Self-Indulgent' Trump Accused of 'Not Caring' About Charlie Kirk's Death as Prez Boasts Over White House Construction — 'It's All About Him!'
- Donald Trump was asked how he was holding up after the shooting death of Charlie Kirk, but his response focused on construction, stating, "Right there, you see all the trucks," instead of expressing condolences about Kirk's death.
- Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and Trump ally, was shot and killed during an event at the University of Utah on September 10, 2025.
- Commentators on Pod Save America, including Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor, criticized Trump's lack of empathy, highlighting that his response was seen as inappropriate and self-centered.
- Despite planning to award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, Trump's response to the question about Kirk's death was considered shocking and lacking in emotion.
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Trump blathering about his ballroom might be 'best thing he’s ever done': analysis
Intelligencer writer Allison Quinn says sometimes a distracted, twitterfaded flake of a leader can show the way forward after tragedy.“It took only a few hours after the shooting of Charlie Kirk for President Donald Trump to go from urging retribution against the ‘radical far left’ to flogging his new White House ballroom on national TV,” wrote Quinn. “And it might be the best thing he’s ever done for this country, even if accidentally, accordin…
US President Donald Trump was asked by reporters outside the White House how he was feeling.
Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the shooting death of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was arrested Thursday night and publicly identified Friday. His family members reported him to authorities. He was arrested Thursday night after a 33-hour manhunt, FBI Director Kash Patel said. US President Donald Trump was asked by reporters outside the White House how he was doing. "Mr. President, my condolences. My condolences on the loss of your…
Trump Asked About Charlie Kirk’s Death, Talks About 'Magnificent' White House Ballroom Instead
When Donald Trump was asked how he was holding up after the shooting death of his friend Charlie Kirk, his first instinct wasn’t to reflect on the tragedy — it was to brag about construction. On Friday, a reporter asked Trump a simple, personal question: “How have you been holding up these last three and a half days?” Kirk, a conservative activist and longtime Trump ally, had been shot and killed just days earlier during an appearance at the Uni…
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