Trump reveals how Charlie Kirk assassination changed his life: 'It impacted me terribly'

President Donald Trump, who has done a number of outdoor rallies in his time during politics, revealed how the assassination of Charlie Kirk changed his life personally and regarding security.

In a sit-down interview with the Washington Examiner, Trump said that he missed the rallies he used to do on the campaign trail. "The outdoor rallies. I love them, but I probably have to be careful. It's hard. The indoor rallies you can do," he said while touching on the final weeks of the campaign in 2024.

“The last four months were perfect. No days off, no nothing. I did either rallies, sometimes they did two rallies in a day. But in the last week, I’d do four or five rallies in a day. We had rallies at 8 o’clock in the morning. At 11 o’clock. At 1 o’clock. It was crazy. The only thing I was worried about was, will I lose my voice,” Trump added,

When asked about how the assassination of Kirk impacted him, Trump responded, “It impacted me terribly. Look, he was a great guy. He was for me all the way. All the way. It was so incredible when you heard it. I thought they must be wrong. It couldn’t be. And then when you saw the viciousness of it, but I don’t want to look at that. I mean, I got the whole picture."

The president added that he knew there was something special that Kirk had, “He had a mystique. He had something special over the young people attracted to him.”

He went on to explain his thoughts on the subject, “It was just hard to believe. He was a good person. He was not like somebody that’s a bad person. He was a hard worker. His wife is very good. Charlie really loved his wife."

There have also been two assassination attempts on Trump, and he said to the Examiner that doing the large outdoor events that he once did may not be possible anymore.

Kirk was assassinated while he spoke to college students at the University of Utah campus. Tyler Robinson, 22, has been charged with Kirk's murder, and reportedly confessed to his family as well as others in the Discord group chat after the shooting took place on September 10. 

Utah authorities revealed evidence pointing to that Robinson had been deeply involved with left-wing ideology. At the time of the assassination, he was also in a relationship with his male roommate, Lance Twiggs, who identified as transgender.

The judge overseeing Robinson's case ruled at a hearing in October that Robinson could dress in civilian clothing after the defense argued that the alleged assassin would not be able to have a fair trial if he were dressed in prison clothing. The defense has also said that cameras should not be allowed in the courtroom, arguing that doing so would make the trial into a "content tornado." A decision has yet to be made on the matter. 

The late TPUSA founder's wife, Erika Kirk, has come out in support of having cameras in the courtroom. She stated regarding the potential camera ban: "There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered. There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move. Analyzing my every smile, my every tear. Why not be transparent? There's nothing to hide. I know there's not because I've seen what the case is built on let everyone see what true evil is."