Trump Riffs About Charlie Kirk Shooting at His Golf Club — Expresses Sympathy for Suspect’s ‘Very Nice’ Parents: ‘Boy, That’s a Tough Deal’
President Donald Trump said the young man who shot and killed conservative influencer Charlie Kirk had been “totally radicalized” and made “crazy” by liberal ideology, and also expressed sympathy for the suspect assassin’s parents, saying they seemed like “very nice people.”
The president’s comments were made while addressing a small crowd at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey on Saturday evening.
“So many things have been learned about [the shooter] so quickly,” Trump. said. “He’s become totally radicalized and crazy and it must have been traumatic. Because the parents are conservative people, supposed to be very nice people living in Utah.”
Trump continued: “The father turns in the son. Boy, that’s a tough deal.”
Michael Solakiewicz, a pro-MAGA digital creator, shared a clip of those comments on his Instagram account. You can also watch them via the X post below:
A decent amount of information about Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected killer, has been reported over the weekend.
Fox News and other outlets on Saturday reported Robinson was living with his trans partner at the time of the slaying, and that partner is now “fully cooperating” with the FBI on its investigation. The New York Times reported Robinson had scrawled the phrases “hey fascist! CATCH!” and “Bella Ciao,” which it said was “popularized as an antifascist anthem,” on bullet casings. And in a video clip that has went viral on X and elsewhere, a young man who said he was a former classmate of Robinson’s said he was a “Reddit kid” who had his brain warped by the social platform.
The Wall Street Journal, meanwhile, reported law enforcement authorities and those who knew him personally were wondering how Robinson went from a being part of Republican and Mormon family to the person who murdered the popular 31-year-old conservative star this week. This all comes after Robinson’s father apprehended his son and turned him over to authorities early on Friday.
President Trump has said that he will attend Kirk’s funeral in Arizona this week, saying he has an “obligation” to do so.