Labelling the conservative activist a ‘Great American Patriot’ Trump said the flags would remain at half mast until Sunday evening. Key US politics stories from 10 September 2025
Donald Trump has ordered US flags to be flown at half mast to honour Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was shot dead at a university in Utah on Wednesday.
“In honor of Charlie Kirk, a truly Great American Patriot, I am ordering all American Flags throughout the United States lowered to Half Mast until Sunday evening at 6 P.M.,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
Eyewitnesses told the Guardian that Kirk was being questioned about mass shootings when he was shot in the neck at the event. Utah governor Spencer Cox, a Republican, said that law enforcement had “a person of interest” in custody who was being interviewed.
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