Trump capitalizes on the murder of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk to fuel hatred against the left.

WashingtonPresident Donald Trump's first words after the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk They speak of "sorrow" and "anger." He unleashed them tonight, in a speech recorded in the Oval Office that, however, he never made for the assassination of a Democratic congresswoman in June. Just as he did after the attack in Butler, which he himself recounts, during the election campaign, the US president has taken advantage of Kirk's death to capitalize on the left and fuel hate speech against progressive positions that try to curb his agenda. Trump is using this to justify his crackdown on the opposition and targeting progressive organizations, although the FBI has yet to identify the perpetrator of the crime or his motivations.

After detaining and releasing two suspects who have not been identified as the perpetrators of the crime, the FBI is still searching for the gunman who killed Kirk on Wednesday during an event at Utah Valley University.

"For years, the radical left has equated wonderful Americans like Charlie with Nazis and the worst serial killers. This type of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism we have seen in our country today. My administration will find every one of these policies that have contributed to this atrocity and other types of violence behind our judges, law enforcement officers and anyone who brings order to our country," Trump said, citing the attack on him in Butler and the assassination of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in December as examples. But he made no reference to the assassination of the Democratic state congresswoman or the death threats against fellow Democrat Nancy Pelosi.

A legacy that will endure "for countless generations"

When Joe Biden spoke after the Butler attack, he didn't use the term "rage." Nor did he point the finger at potential culprits. The then-Democratic president's speech, even though it was longer and addressed to the nation, didn't speak in these terms. Trump did, and in a much shorter speech: four minutes.

"A killer tried to silence him with a bullet, but he failed, because together we will ensure that his voice, his message, and his legacy live on for countless generations," the president said. Kirk had earned a place in the Trumpist court thanks to his influence on the younger bases of the MAGA movement (Make America great again), a fact that had also made him a voice to listen to from within the White House. During the presidential elections, the work of his Turning Point Action platform, as well as his role as influencer, played a key role in gaining the youth vote in favor of the Republican.

Kirk gained ground within the MAGA circle thanks to her talks on the country's college campuses, through which she sought to spread conservative ideology among students. The far-right activist gained a degree of fame thanks to her provocative attitude, arguing that deaths from mass shootings were a lesser evil. "I think it's worth having a few gun deaths each year so we can continue to have the Second Amendment [which protects the right to bear arms]. It's a prudent compromise. It's rational," she said during an event in the 2023 elections.

At an event held in Tempe, Arizona, Kirk gathered dozens of young people in their early twenties who applauded her words. "I am convinced there was fraud in 2020," one of the attendees told this reporter. Kirk was not alone on stage; she also chatted for a long time with the president's son, Donald Trump Jr. Kirk also championed anti-transgender and women's reproductive rights views.