A visibly upset President Donald Trump announced Thursday morning at the 9/11 ceremony at the Pentagon that he would be awarding the President Medal of Freedom to slain MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk.
'We miss him greatly,' Trump told the crowd. '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.'
The event at the Pentagon marked Trump's first public event since Kirk's assassination Wednesday. The 31-year-old conservative organizer was gunned down in broad daylight during one of his own events at Utah Valley University.
The president appeared stone-faced, holding his wife Melania's hand, as the couple arrived to the Pentagon for a ceremony to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
'I'm pleased to announce that I will soon be awarding Charlie Kirk posthumously, the Presidential Medal of Freedom,' Trump said during his turn to speak. 'The date of the ceremony will be announced and I can only guarantee one thing, that we will have a very big crowd.'
