Charlie Kirk to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, Trump announces at 9/11 memorial

US President Donald Trump announced Thursday, September 11 that slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, calling him “a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to millions.”
 


The announcement came during a solemn ceremony at the Pentagon marking the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Almost 200 people were killed there in 2001 when hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 struck the building.
 


Trump, joined by First Lady Melania Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, praised the victims of 9/11 and vowed that the United States “will honor always our great heroes.” A military band closed the event with “God Bless America” before Trump departed for New York.
 


In his remarks, Trump honored Kirk, who was assassinated Wednesday while speaking to students in Utah. “Our prayers are with his wonderful wife Erika and his beautiful children,” the president said, adding that the medal ceremony date would be announced soon. “We will have a very big crowd. Very, very big.”


Hegseth also paid tribute to Kirk, calling him “a Christ follower and American patriot” whose “life, example, and even death” gave him hope. “Charlie, we love you. We know that you have heard the Lord’s words: Well done, good and faithful servant.”

Vice President JD Vance, who had been scheduled to attend Ground Zero commemorations in New York, traveled instead to Utah to pay respects to Kirk’s family.
 


World leaders also expressed condolences. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Kirk “a lion-hearted friend of Israel,” while Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described his death as “an atrocious murder, a deep wound for democracy and for those who believe in freedom.”

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