Donald Trump was accused Monday of making a solemn ceremony, where he posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to assassinated right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, all about himself.During his tribute to Kirk, who was fatally shot in September during an event at Utah Valley University, Trump went off-script to boast about his own skills in surviving the 2024 assassination attempt on his own life at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.Trump claimed the political left had become “very violent,” possessed “the devil’s ideology” and had “rammed vehicles into federal law enforcement, fired sniper rifles at ICE agents… and me, you know?” Even though the political motives of his own attempted assassin remain unclear.The president then added, “But I was ― I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. I turned to the right. Charlie couldn’t believe it, actually. He said, ‘How the hell did you make that turn?’ I said, ‘I don’t know.’”Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually." pic.twitter.com/QDyFIKdKYQ— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 14, 2025The remark quickly went viral on X (formerly Twitter), where critics called it “insensitive,” “incredibly disgusting” and “insane.”I am no Charlie Kirk fan but this is so incredibly disgusting, even for Trump. He continually proves he is an unfeeling sociopath incapable of even pretending to have even a semblance of normal human feeling or a single shred of sensitivity. https://t.co/ciyJdGP7tl— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) October 14, 2025This is amazing. Trump is bragging about his ability to survive an assassination attempt at a memorial for someone who was assassinated. https://t.co/lDxuYro5RR— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) October 14, 2025Right wingers spent weeks on here policing whether you talked about Charlie Kirk correctly and a month later Trump is at an event with Kirk’s widow like “I’m better at dodging bullets” https://t.co/ToKglyRiEn— Clue Heywood (@ClueHeywood) October 14, 2025Close