President Donald Trump reportedly skipped a prayer vigil for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk Sunday on the John F. Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts.
The president’s public occasions schedule was clean for Sunday, The Each day Beast reported, and his press schedule indicated he was spending the weekend at his Trump Nationwide Golf Membership in Bedminster, N.J. On Saturday, Trump pontificated about suspect Tyler Robinson and his alleged radicalization whereas discussing the taking pictures on the “Hope Through Education” gala held on the New Jersey residence, TMZ reported.
President Donald Trump walks throughout the South Garden of the White Home, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Washington, after coming back from a visit to New York and New Jersey. (AP Photograph/Mark Schiefelbein)
By 6:30 p.m. Sunday Trump was again within the White Home, TMZ famous, virtually down the block from the lengthy strains of individuals hoping to get contained in the auditorium.
Quite a few GOP luminaries had been available, together with Trump administration officers, because the vigil kicked off at about 6 p.m.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson, Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke, as did a few of the 85 members of Congress who attended. A number of of them invoked Trump of their tributes to Kirk.
Folks wait in line for a memorial and prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Heart for the Performing Arts, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
“I speak on behalf of the president when I say President Trump loved you, Charlie, so much,” Leavitt instructed the gang.
“We know there are two special individuals in that big, beautiful White House that care about Charlie Kirk, don’t we?” the vigil’s organizer, Arizona Republican state Sen. Jake Hoffman, stated to the viewers. “President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance love Charlie Kirk just like you love Charlie Kirk.”
Folks wait in line previous to a prayer vigil for political activist Charlie Kirk outdoors the John F. Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts on September 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Al Drago/Getty Photos)
Trump stated he does plan to attend Kirk’s Sept. 21 memorial in Arizona, and Vance hosted Kirk’s podcast on Monday in honor of his good friend.
Formal costs are anticipated Tuesday in opposition to 22-year-old Robinson, who’s accused of fatally taking pictures Kirk Wednesday as he spoke at Utah Valley College in Orem.
