World leaders react to the assassination of Charlie Kirk

Wednesday, the world leaders reacted to the news that the personality of the conservative and co-founder media of Turb Point USA, Charlie Kirk, 31, husband and father of two children, was killed at a speaking event at Utah Valley University.

President Donald Trump confirmed in an article on social networks that Kirk, who had been hospitalized after being killed and suffered from a neck injury, had been killed.

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with the conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a forum nicknamed the next generation of the Blanche generation in Washington, DC on March 22, 2018. (Mark Wilson / Getty Images)

World leaders react

ISRAEL

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among some of the first to Share your sorrow In the news on social networks and said: “Charlie Kirk was assassinated for having told the truth and defended freedom.

“A friend at the heart of the Lion of Israel, he fought the lies and held great to Judeo-Christian civilization,” he added, noting that he had spoken with Kirk only two weeks ago and invited him to Israel.

“Unfortunately, this visit will not take place. We have lost an incredible human being,” added Netanyahu. “His unlimited pride in America and his valiant belief in freedom of expression will leave a lasting impact. Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk.”

ITALY

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also offered her condolences and said on X that she was “shocked by the news of Charlie Kirk’s murder”.

“An atrocious murder, a deep wound for democracy and for those who believe in freedom,” she said. “My condolences to his family, his relatives and the American conservative community.”

Charile Kirk and his wife, Erika Lane Frantzve and their two children at Christmas in December 2024. (Charlie Kirk via Facebook)

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ARGENTINA

The president of Argentina Javier Milei shared a photo of himself with Kirk and the former conservative representative of Florida Matt Gaetz as well as his condolences to the Kirk family “and to all the young people of the world who admired and listened to him”.

“A formidable dissemination of the ideas of freedom and the farm defender of the West,” said Milei, before calling him “victim of an atrocious murder” and blaming the “left”, although the officials of the application of the laws did not confirm who had shot Kirk.

“The whole world has lost an incredible human being,” he added.

UNITED KINGDOM

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also expressed condolences and criticized all forms of political violence In an article on X, noting that his “thoughts tonight are with the relatives of Charlie Kirk”.

“It is heartbreaking that a young family was deprived of a father and a husband,” he added. “We must all be free to debate openly and freely without fear – there can be no justification for political violence.”

There were many Messages of Tentadia of Leadership across the United Kingdom, notably the head of the United Kingdom Reformation, Nigel Farage, who also shared an image of him with Kirk and said: “It is a very dark day for American democracy”.

“I am desperately sad for Charlie, his wife and children,” he added.

Charile Kirk and his wife, Erika Lane Frantzve and their two children, before her assassination on September 10, 2025. (Erika Kirk via Instagram)

New Zealand

The New Zealand Minister for Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, has also criticized the rise of political violence and threat Pose to democracy.

“It is tragic that we are now living in a world that the differences in opinion meet with a firearm,” he said on X, noting that Kirk’s death is not only “political violence” but “an assassination”.

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“The total tragedy is that Kirk has traveled a lot around university campuses to give an open microphone and a debate to everyone – and all were welcome,” Peters said. “The essence of democracy is threatened in the world and we have to do our best to protect it.”