‘I couldn’t care less’: Trump on divisions within US after Charlie Kirk’s assassination

US President Donald Trump said that he "does not care" about the divisions within his country after the assassination of his close aide Charlie Kirk. In an interview on Fox & Friends on Friday (September 12), the American president was asked what he intended to do to heal the wounds of Kirk’s shooting in Utah. “How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?” he was asked.

Trump replied: “I tell you something that is going to get me in trouble, but I couldn’t care less.” This was just 48 hours after Kirk was shot dead at Utah Valley University while speaking on mass shootings.

“The radicals on the right are radical because they don’t want to see crime … The radicals on the left are the problem – and they are vicious and horrible and politically savvy. They want men in women’s sports, they want transgender for everyone, they want open borders. The worst thing that happened to this country," Trump added.

Alos read: Trump declares Charlie Kirk a martyr, says ‘there's never been anyone who...’

Trump declared his ally Charlie Kirk a martyr in a video message on September 11. He said, "To my great fellow Americans, I am filled with grief and anger at the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah. Charlie inspired millions, and tonight, all who knew him and loved him are united in shock and horror. Charlie was a patriot who devoted his life to the cause of open debate and the country that he loved so much, the United States of America. He fought for liberty, democracy, justice, and the American people. He's a martyr for truth and freedom, and there's never been anyone who was so respected by youth. Charlie was also a man of deep, deep faith. And we take comfort in the knowledge that he is now at peace with God in heaven.”