Folks around the globe are still reeling from the gut-wrenching loss of Charlie Kirk, the fiery conservative voice gunned down mid-event at Utah Valley University last Wednesday. It’s hit hard, especially online, where the outpouring of fury and heartbreak just keeps building.
The platforms are buzzing with raw emotion over the slaying, and President Donald Trump hasn’t held back, dropping multiple takes—including some that point fingers squarely at “the left.” But now, that outspoken Trump biographer Michael Wolff is calling him out, saying the president’s knee-jerk reactions are flat-out risky.
Trump’s been all over this tragedy from the jump. He even jumped the gun on announcing they’d nabbed the suspected gunman—before the cops could confirm it themselves.
Right after word came that Kirk had passed, Trump fired off a heartfelt video from the Oval Office, shared across social media.
“My fellow Americans, I’m heartbroken and furious over this cowardly hit on Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus,” he said, his voice thick with that signature Trump intensity. “Charlie lit a fire under millions, and right now, everyone who crossed paths with him is just… stunned. Devastated.”
“He was a true blue patriot, pouring his soul into sparking real talk and fighting for the America he adored. Liberty, democracy, justice, all of it—for the everyday folks. A total martyr for truth and freedom, and man, the kids? They idolized him like no one else.”
Trump Points Finger at “Radical Left” in Charlie Kirk Fallout
Leaders from both sides of the aisle have roundly denounced the murder, but online? It’s turned into this ugly divide, with everyone picking teams. We still don’t know the full why behind Tyler Robinson—the 22-year-old suspect who surrendered Friday—taking Kirk out. But Trump? He wasted no time pinning it on the “radical left,” claiming they’re the ones gumming up any shot at national mending.
“I want this country to pull together, heal up,” he told NBC News, shaking his head. “But you’ve got these radical left nutjobs who don’t fight clean. Never have.”
Come Sunday, Trump let slip he’d be at Kirk’s funeral himself. He tossed in a vague heads-up about probing lefty outfits tied to the mess, without naming names or spelling out the how.
“Look at the root of it—the rot’s on the left, not the right, no matter what the spin doctors say,” he went on. “The real troublemakers? The lowlifes trashing our nation, torching flags left and right? That’s the left’s playbook. The right? We’re not in that game.”
Trump’s been brutally candid since the shots rang out, and yeah, plenty of his base is eating it up. But it’s not all high-fives and agreement.
Critics Say Trump’s Weaponizing Kirk’s Death for “Toxic” Gain
On the Daily Beast Podcast, Wolff—who’s penned a stack of tell-all books on the commander-in-chief—didn’t mince words. He accused Trump of twisting Kirk’s killing into “dangerous political ammo” without a shred of the facts in hand.
“Before we even had a suspect’s name, Trump’s out there basically painting the whole left—liberals, Dems, anyone who gives him static—as in on Kirk’s murder,” Wolff said, his tone dripping with frustration. “It’s not just baseless or off-base; it’s straight-up reckless.”
He paused, then dug deeper: “I gotta wonder if part of this is him dodging the mirror. Can’t face it head-on. In Trump’s world, this hits too close to his own brush with the unthinkable—how could it not? So maybe he’s bolting from the grief instead of stepping up like a real leader should: owning the sorrow, showing some real compassion.”
Trump sweetened the pot further by revealing Kirk’s getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously. “A titan of his era, a liberty warrior who fired up millions upon millions,” the president declared.
“Prayers to his incredible wife Erika and those amazing kids of theirs—top-notch family. We feel the void already, but Charlie’s fire? That grit he instilled in so many hearts, especially the young guns? It’ll echo forever.”
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