Trump orders US flags lowered in honour of Charlie Kirk

The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has ordered that all US flags be lowered to half-mast until Sunday in honour of Charlie Kirk, co-founder of the conservative youth organisation, Turning Point USA.

Kirk died at the hospital after being shot.

Trump made this known in a statement he released on his Truth Social.

“In honour of Charlie Kirk, a truly great American patriot, I am ordering all American flags throughout the United States lowered to half-mast until Sunday evening at 6 P.M.,” President Trump wrote.

This comes after Kirk died from a shooting while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.

DAILY POST reports that President Donald Trump had confirmed Kirk’s death.

Trump orders US flags lowered in honour of Charlie Kirk