Trump recounted the moment he first heard of Kirk’s assassination. “I was in the midst of a very important conversation,” the president said. “I was meeting with the nation’s biggest people.” Despite the stature of his guests, he said he abruptly ended the meeting. “You have to leave now. Right now. You have to leave,” he told them, realizing the gravity of what had happened.

The New York Post report described Trump’s retelling as unusually candid, portraying a president shaken but determined to frame Kirk’s death as both tragedy and catalyst. “It was like a surreal experience. Terrible, terrible,” Trump said, adding that Kirk’s murder was “for one reason, and for one reason only: he was winning.”

For Trump, Kirk’s gift was his ability to confront progressive orthodoxy head-on, especially on college campuses. The Post report recalled Kirk’s signature “Prove Me Wrong” pop-up events, where he invited debate on hot-button issues. “He was winning on college campuses,” Trump told the crowd, drawing cheers. “At liberal — or as they like to call them, ‘progressive’ — schools, he set up those tents and challenged the other side. And he was winning.”

The president’s words echoed the Post’s coverage of Kirk’s rise: a figure who thrived in the ideological trenches of academia, armed with arguments, conviction, and an evangelical zeal for liberty.

The eulogy revealed the depth of the personal bond between Trump and Kirk. Trump recounted how Kirk would often call him unexpectedly, sometimes asking the president to attend an event with barely a day’s notice. “And sometimes I would do it!” Trump laughed, a moment The New York Post report described as lighthearted but telling — evidence of Kirk’s rare influence, even over the commander-in-chief.

The last words Kirk shared with Trump were deeply characteristic of his mission. “Please sir, save Chicago,” Trump said Kirk told him in their final conversation. That plea has become part of Trump’s broader narrative about tackling urban crime, with Chicago now central to his law-and-order agenda.

The sheer size of the crowd was not lost on the president. “This is like an old-time revival, isn’t it?” Trump said, surveying the sea of mourners. “He could always draw a big crowd — look at this today, look what’s gone on. This is a big crowd.”

As The New York Post report noted, the memorial had the atmosphere of both a religious revival and a political rally. The presence of cabinet members, conservative leaders, and grassroots activists testified to the scope of Kirk’s influence. Speaker after speaker took the microphone, some for brief tributes, others for impassioned addresses. The service stretched past its fifth hour, with emotions never flagging.

Throughout his eulogy, Trump returned to a central theme: Kirk as a martyr whose death would galvanize his cause. “Charlie Kirk loved America with everything he had. And as we can see so clearly today, America loved Charlie Kirk,” he said. “A great American hero, that’s what he is.”

“He will live forever in the chronicle of America’s greatest patriots,” Trump added. “The bullet was pointed at him, but it was aimed at all of us. And yet, his message has not been silenced. It is bigger, better, stronger than ever before.”

The New York Post report framed these words as both tribute and rallying cry, noting how Trump sought to channel grief into renewed momentum for the conservative movement.

The Post report highlighted the breadth of speakers who lined up to honor Kirk: Vice President JD Vance, cabinet secretaries, and prominent media personalities, each weaving together personal anecdotes with political reflections.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recalled Kirk once asking him if he feared death. “There are a lot worse things than death,” Kennedy said he replied. “And Charlie died with his boots on.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth cast Kirk as a spiritual warrior. “Fear God and fear no man: That was Charlie Kirk,” he said, to thunderous applause.

Tulsi Gabbard, now Director of National Intelligence, urged conservatives to carry Kirk’s torch. “He lived what our founders envisioned,” she said. “Charlie stood in the arena armed with superior arguments. He slayed ignorance.”

The New York Post report noted how the tributes blended spiritual fervor with political determination, transforming the funeral into a platform for recommitment.

Even amid the solemnity, there were moments of levity. Donald Trump Jr., with characteristic bravado, quipped that Kirk “knew more about the Bible than me,” comparing the contrast to his father’s superiority over Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris. The Post captured the crowd’s roar of laughter, a rare moment of relief in a day heavy with grief.

Tucker Carlson, too, brought both humor and conviction. “He had no hate in his heart, and I know that because I have a little hate in my heart,” he said with a wry smile. “Any attempt to extinguish the light causes it to burn brighter.”

For Trump and for many of the mourners, Kirk’s legacy is already etched in stone. “He’s a martyr now,” Trump said. “None of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk. And neither now will history.”

As The New York Post emphasized in its coverage, Trump framed Kirk’s death as both tragedy and transformation: a young activist silenced by violence, but also immortalized in the annals of American conservatism.

“Charlie Kirk loved America with everything he had,” Trump repeated near the end of his eulogy. “And America loved Charlie Kirk.”

The service for Charlie Kirk was at once deeply personal and unmistakably political. It was a commemoration of a life cut short, but also a rallying cry to continue the battles he championed. With President Trump at the center, the memorial became a fusion of grief and determination, a message that the cause Kirk embodied — faith, liberty, and patriotism — would not perish with him.

As The New York Post reported, Trump left no doubt that Kirk’s name would endure. “He will live forever in the chronicle of America’s greatest patriots,” he said, a line that drew both tears and cheers.

For many in attendance, the message was clear: the man may be gone, but his mission remains alive, larger than ever, and woven now into the very fabric of America’s political and spiritual narrative.