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Donald Trump has shared a surprising story about an average Australian who was apparently motivated to attend church for the first time after Charlie Kirk's death.
The US President addressed tens of thousands of mourners at a memorial service for the slain conservative commentator in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday night.
‘His (Kirk's) memory has been honoured in the streets of Berlin, Warsaw, Vienna, Sydney, Madrid, London, Tel Aviv and all over the world. So beautiful to watch,' Trump said.
‘A man as far away as rural Australia texted a pastor “I’m going to come to church tomorrow for the first time ever”.
'The pastor asked: “why is that?’ The man replied: “Because of Charlie Kirk.’ Can you imagine?
'The lesson of Charlie's life is that you should never underestimate what one person can do with a good heart, a righteous cause, a cheerful spirit and the will to fight, fight, fight. You have to fight.'
Trump's anecdote was met with rapturous applause.
The exact provenance of the Australian pastor story is unclear. However, an Adelaide-based author called Kurt Mahlburg, who writes about culture and Christian faith, claimed that 'god is moving' in the wake of Kirk's killing.
'A prominent Australian pastor just messaged me privately to say Charlie Kirk's martyrdom brought a whole bunch of new people to his church this morning,' Mr Mahlburg wrote on X last week.
The Daily Mail approached Mr Mahlburg for comment.
The memorial had earlier heard from Kirk's widow and the mother of his two children, Erika, who took the remarkable step of forgiving her husband's killer.
She said that Charlie 'wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life'.
'I forgive him,' she said as the crowd erupted in applause.
'I forgive him because it's what Christ did. The answer to hate is not hate.'
'The answer we know from the gospel is love and always love, love for our enemies.'
Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk also put their differences aside with both men seen chatting in the President's box.
Both men had a very public spat in June when Musk posted, and then swiftly deleted, a bombshell claim that federal authorities held extra information on Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Trump accused Musk of going 'off the rails' and being a 'train wreck' after the tech tycoon decided to bankroll a new political party.
In the wake of Kirk's shooting, security for the memorial was incredibly tight.
Speakers delivered their tributes from behind bulletproof glass.
The event very clearly cast Kirk as a martyr for the conservative cause.
Trump said Kirk was 'one of the brightest lights of our time and 'our greatest evangelist for liberty.'
'He’s a martyr now for American freedom,' Trump said, echoing several previous speakers.
'None of us will ever forget Charlie Kirk. And neither now will history.'