Kirk was a truly Great American Patriot.

This is a dark moment for America.

I promise to hunt down those I deem responsible for the violence on Wednesday and other violent acts, including the organizations that fund it and support it.

I’m pleased to announce that I will soon be awarding Charlie Kirk posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

I have no doubt that Charlie's voice and the courage that he put into the hearts of countless people, especially young people, will live on.

Charlie was a patriot who devoted his life to the cause of open debate and the country that he loved so much, the United States of America.

Our prayers are with his wonderful wife, Erika, and his beautiful children.

We miss him greatly, yet I have no doubt that Charlie's voice and the courage he put into the hearts of countless people, especially young people, will live on.

It’s long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree day after day, year after year, in the most hateful and despicable way…

Before we begin, let me express the horror and grief so many Americans at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk have felt. Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to millions and millions of…

The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.

For years, those on the radical Left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our…

My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it, as well as those who go after our judges, law enforcement…

From the attack on my life in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year — which killed a husband and father — to the attacks on ICE agents, to the vicious murder of a health care executive in the streets of New York, to the shooting of House…

This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today.

On Wednesday night, Trump called it a 'dark moment for America' — but for all the wrong reasons.

He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us.

Tonight, the Kennedy Center held a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk following his assassination today. May he rest in peace.