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

President Donald Trump confirmed in a social media post that Kirk, who was hospitalized after being shot and suffering a neck wound, had been killed. 

ARGENTINA

President of Argentina Javier Milei shared a picture of himself with Kirk and former conservative Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz along with his condolences to Kirk’s family “and to all the young people in the world who admired him and listened to him.”

“A formidable disseminator of the ideas of freedom and staunch defender of the West,” Milei said, before calling him the “victim of an atrocious murder” and blaming the “left,” though law enforcement officials have not confirmed who shot Kirk. 

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

UNITED KINGDOM

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed his condolences as well and criticized all forms of political violence in a post on X, noting that his “thoughts this evening are with the loved ones of Charlie Kirk.” 

“It is heartbreaking that a young family has been robbed 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 numerous messages of outcry from leadership across the U.K., including from the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, who also shared a picture of himself with Kirk and said, “This 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, prior to his assassination on Sept. 10, 2025. (Erika Kirk via Instagram)

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, also decried the rise of political violence and the threat it poses to democracy. 

“It is tragic that we now live in a world that differences of opinion are met with a gun,” he said on X, noting that the death of Kirk is not merely “political violence” but “an assassination.”

“The utter tragedy is that Kirk traveled extensively around university campuses to give an open mic and debate to everyone – and all were welcome,” Peters said. “The essence of democracy is under threat around the world and we must do everything we can to protect it.”