President Donald Trump walks onto the stage after being introduced by Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point Action conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, July 15, 2023. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Individuals who receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom are those who presidents determine have provided an "especially meritorious contribution" to the national security of the U.S., world peace or other cultural endeavors. Trump is awarding Kirk the award at the White House on what would have been his 32nd birthday.
David Engelhardt, lead pastor of Kings' Church in New York City and board member of TPUSA, said that it’s a "privilege" to watch Kirk be honored with the award.
"Charlie is the right recipient to the Medal of Freedom because he believed that God’s moral order found in faith is not a limit to freedom but the soil it grows in," Engelhardt told Fox News Digital. "People who destroy that soil in the name of safe-spaces and to protect against ‘dangerous ideas’ will soon find their land barren. Charlie stood for freedom rightly ordered and founded in the gravity of God’s system."
'SLEEPING GIANT' LIKELY WOKE UP FOR TURNING POINT USA AFTER CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION
President Donald Trump joined Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika, on stage at the Turning Point USA founder's memorial service in Arizona on Sept. 21, 2025. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
The shooting suspect involved in Kirk’s assassination, Tyler Robinson, was charged in September with aggravated murder, along with other charges.
Trump is awarding Kirk with the award following his visit to the Middle East to oversee a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas.
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Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
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