Donald Trump is using Charlie Kirks assassination not to heal a divided nation, but to inflame it turning tragedy into political fuel, writes DrNorm Sanders.

RIGHT-WING INFLUENCERCharlie Kirk's assassination may be the marker for the death of democracy in America.

PresidentDonald Trumpis playing it for all it is worth, even ordering flags on federal buildings all over the country to be flown at half-mast. As if this wasn't enough, he has posthumouslyawardedKirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

And instead of calling for calm like a normal president, Trump is blaming the radical Left for Kirk's death and ignoring the political polarisation which he encourages so enthusiastically. The U.S. desperately needs a leader who will try to unite the country at this time. But Trump has only added to the sense of anger, rather than trying to de-escalate it.

Ideologically-motivated violence in the USA is overwhelmingly inspired by President Trump.

In an address from the Oval Office, the Presidenttold Americans:

Trump doubled down on the assumption that the assassin was someone from the radical Left.

The President said:

As reported inABC News:

All that these two outlets have been doing is responsibly reporting on the Presidents wrecking ball approach to democracy, unlike Trumps Fox News cheering squad.

From a 900-page plan to expand his power to undermining the Federal Reserve, Trump is pushing America to the brink of authoritarianism.

An unlikely actor in the Charlie Kirk drama is the animated political cartoonSouth Park.

FromThe Hollywood Reporter:

MAGA supporters were not so unflattering when South Park actually had a segment on Charlie Kirk a week before he was shot. The show mocked his style, but Kirk himself was a fan of the episode after it aired, saying he could tell South Park creatorsMatt StoneandTrey Parkerhad been watching some episodes of his show.

The more Trump tightens his hold, the more America begins to resemble the authoritarian regimes we were once taught to fear.

Kirk went public with areaction via TikTok:

Kirk went on to refer to a Bible verse, of which he said the show gets this right and showed a clip in which Cartman, with a haircut to resemble Kirks own, becomes a master debater and fires back at a weepy college student all while hes sitting on the toilet with his laptop.

Kirk continued:

Kirk made sure he clearly pronounced each of those separate words in master debaters.

The episode also showcased The Charlie Kirk Awards, celebrating young people who have been furiously master debating and are using master debation to save America. The episode shows Cartman effectively becoming Kirk after he realises another kid at school, Clyde, is very casually getting a huge following doing simple Prove Me Wrong videos.

As Trump tightens his grip on America, South Park zooms in on something much, much smaller.

In the wake of the assassination, Comedy Central has elected not to re-air the episode, but it might still be available onParamount+.

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was the co-founder and CEO ofTurning Point USA. Turning Point is a non-profit organisation Kirk founded in 2012, whose mission is to identify, educate, train and organise students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government.

Kirk launched Turning Point out of his parents garage as an 18-year-old with no money, no name recognition, only a dream, the companys website reads in a homepage pop-up honouring its founder.

Kirk shaped Gen Z conservatism on college campuses, utilising rhetoric about liberal rot in education and cultural marxism to gather a young generation of Trump supporters.

The Turning Point philosophy proved successful, at least for Kirk, as he was worth some US$12 million (AU$18 million) at the time of his death and was drawing an annual salary of US$407,000 (AU$611,000) by 2021.

Trump is crying crocodile tears over Kirks death while at the same time enthusiastically using the situation to further his authoritarian agenda.

Trumpsaid:

The Kirk assassination is a tragedy that Donald Trump is cynically using in his continuing attack on American democracy.

DrNorm Sandersis a former commercial pilot, flightinstructor, university professor, Tasmanian State MP and Federal Senator.