The suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder is Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old man.

WashingtonAs the 48-hour mark approaches since the fatal shooting of far-right activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump said this morning in an interview on FOX that he believes officers have arrested Kirk's alleged killer. "I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody," the president said. "We've worked with local law enforcement, the governor—everyone did a great job." Trump was also the one who publicly confirmed Kirk's death after the shooting.

The suspect is a 22-year-old man from Utah, according to investigative sources who confirmed his name to the Associated Press. He goes by the name Tyler Robinson. Trump said that "someone very close to him ratted him out." "And this happens when you have good leads. Someone close to him recognizes even a little nod, something no one else would do, and someone very close to him said, 'Hmm, this is him.'" It should be noted that none of the images released by the FBI clearly showed the individual's face. Trump explained that the person who turned the suspect in "was a person of faith, a pastor."

Last night, the FBI released new videos of the suspect in the murder of the far-right ultra-conservative activist during an event at Utah Valley University. In the images, recorded by security cameras, the man is seen jumping from a rooftop and fleeing after the attack. In the morning, the FBI's Salt Lake City office had already released two images of the suspect: a man dressed in black clothing, sunglasses, and a cap, whom they defined as a "person of interest in connection" with the shooting.

The president has not provided further information on the possible identity of the shooter. The influencer The Trump supporter was speaking in the middle of the university campus during one of the events organized by his platform, Turning Point Action, when a bullet fired from more than 200 yards away struck him in the neck. The chilling images of the event were recorded on the cell phones of hundreds of attendees and quickly flooded social media. This latest episode of political violence, just three months after the assassination of a Democratic state congresswoman, further deepens the country's social fracture and threatens to become the new normal in American public life.

Kirk's murder has become a catalyst for hatred against the left, a sentiment fueled and capitalized on by Trump in the hours following the events. The president has already declared a national period of mourning until Sunday, with the nation's flags lowered to half-mast, and plans to hold a posthumous ceremony to award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Everything is geared toward establishing Kirk as a political martyr of Trumpism.

The reaction to Kirk's murder, which has heightened fears of renewed political violence, contrasts sharply with the response to the murder of the Democratic state congresswoman. The incident, despite being condemned by the president, was not treated with the same gravity. The fact that the MAGA influencer's death triggered a renewed surge in political violence is also a symptom of how Trump continues to set the agenda. His followers, including White House advisor Stephen Miller, speak of "the pain of the left," as if the ultraconservative movement were the victim of a kind of harassment when they sit in power and exercise hegemony over the algorithm.