Barron Trump ‘very hurt’ by Charlie Kirk’s killing, President Trump says
President Donald Trump said his youngest son, 19-year-old Barron, was “very hurt” by conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s killing.
“He was very hurt when he saw this, but I mean, everybody was,” said Trump on Sept. 12 during an interview with Fox & Friends.
Kirk, 31, a close Trump ally who held sway with young Republican voters, was fatally shot as he engaged with college students at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. Days later, authorities took Tyler Robinson into custody and accused him of fatally shooting Kirk in Orem, Utah.
Trump recalled Barron wanting to meet the conservative activist who co-founded the student organization Turning Point USA.
“Barron came to me and he said, ‘Dad, I’d like to meet somebody that you know — Charlie Kirk,'” said Trump. “I thought he was going to say, I want to meet King Charles or something.”
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