Trump Called Utah Governor With Grim Warning Moments After He Spoke at Charlie Kirk Press Conference
Sep 13th, 2025, 4:41 pm
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Moments after Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) received a phone call from none other than President Donald Trump moments after the governor spoke to reporters about the arrest of a suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Speaking to The Atlantic‘s McKay Coppins, Cox said Trump called him not long after he gave an impassioned plea for peace in the wake of Kirk’s death on Friday.
“‘You know, the type of person who would do something like that to Charlie Kirk would love to do it to us,'” Trump said, according to Cox.
Trump then informed Cox that being president is “one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet,” rattling off stats that 15% of those to occupy the White House had been shot. And 8% have died at the hands of an assassin.
Cox has emerged as a voice for calm and civility in the aftermath of Kirk’s death, urging Americans to embrace “moral clarity” instead of rage.
“We can return violence with violence, we can return hate with hate, and that’s the problem with political violence, it metastasizes, because we can always point the finger at the other side and at some point we have to find an off-ramp or it is going to get much, much worse,” he said.
