"US President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Washington DC on Tuesday, five weeks after Kirk was shot dead. "Today, we're here to honour and remember a fearless warrior for liberty, a beloved leader who galvanised the next generation like nobody I've ever seen before, and an American patriot of the deepest conviction, the finest quality, and the highest calibre, the late, great Charlie Kirk," proclaimed Trump. He described the killing as "a horrible, heinous, demonic act of murder," stressing that it took place "in the prime of his life for boldly speaking the truth, for living his faith, and relentlessly fighting for a better and stronger America." As sirens echoed across the capital during his remarks, Trump proclaimed, "That's a good sound. That means they either got the bad guy or they're going to stop the bad guy. You didn't hear that sound because nobody wanted to do anything. Nobody. Listen to the beauty of that sound." Trump also criticised 'far-left radicals' for resorting to acts of violence, arguing that their ideology is 'failing' and that they have targeted law enforcement officers, government officials, and the courts. Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, accepted the medal on the late husband's behalf, describing him as a man who wanted to 'multiply freedom' and "young people to taste it, understand it, and defend it." "He ran his race with endurance, and he kept the faith, and now he wears the crown of a righteous martyr," she noted. Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and a conservative media figure with over 20 million followers, was killed on September 10 in what authorities described as a targeted shooting."