President Donald Trump will award political activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, Fox News reported. The president made the
President Donald Trump will award political activist Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously, Fox News reported.
The president made the announcement Thursday, a day after Kirk, 31, was gunned down on a university campus.
“I will soon be awarding Charlie Kirk posthumously, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The day of the ceremony will be announced, and I can only guarantee you one thing. That we will have a very big crowd. Very, very big,” Trump said as he was speaking at a ceremony at the Pentagon.
Trump said Kirk was “a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to millions and millions of people.”
The president said the ceremony date would be announced soon, and promised “a very big crowd.
