Trump admits he 'couldn't care less' about fixing America's political divide

Donald Trump has said he doesn't see the US patching up the political divide currently gripping the country - and that he 'couldn't care less' about doing so himself.

A lot has gone on in the so-called 'Land of Liberty' since the 79-year-old returned to power at the beginning of this year, and the chaos still doesn't show any signs of slowing down.

This week, tensions between both sides of the political spectrum have reached fever pitch following the shock shooting of Charlie Kirk.

The controversial right-wing political activist, 31, was fatally struck in the neck with a single bullet, while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday (10 September).

Kirk was a prominent ally of the commander-in-chief and is credited with encouraging youths to get behind Trump during his campaign ahead of last year's presidential election.

The President said he was 'filled with grief and anger' in wake of the 'heinous assassination' of Kirk while paying tribute to him.

Charlie Kirk, a staunch ally of the President, was shot dead earlier this week (Chris Kleponis/Pool via Bloomberg)

In a post on Truth Social announcing his passing, Trump said: "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead.

"No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie.

"He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!"

Kirk's widow Erika thanked the President for the 'amazing' friendship he shared with her husband in a defiant video message, which she shared on Friday (12 September).

Although some had hoped that Kirk's death could somewhat unify the US amid its current contentious political climate, Trump shut down any idea of this during an interview with Fox & Friends.

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During his appearance on the show on Friday (12 September), co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked the President: "How do we fix this country?"

"We have radicals on the right as well, we have radicals on the left," she said. "People are watching all of these videos and cheering - some people are cheering that Charlie was killed.

"How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?"

Trump then admitted that he doesn't think some kind of kumbaya moment is on the cards.

"I'll tell you something that is going to get me in trouble, but I couldn’t care less," he said. "The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don’t want to see crime.

Trump said he doesn't see the country coming together (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

"They're saying, 'We don't want these people coming in, we don't want you burning our shopping centres, we don't want you shooting our people in the street'.

"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 is when we let 25 million people in - many of which, I'd say 80 percent, should not be in our country."

So, if you were hoping that the nation might be healed of its divisions by Christmas, I wouldn't hold your breath.