Trump Condemns Stabbing of Woman on Charlotte Train

The president called the Charlotte train stabbing ‘horrible’ and said nation must confront evil.

Iryna Zarutska (bottom R) before she was fatally stabbed on a commuter train on Aug. 22, 2025, in a still from video. Charlotte Area Transit System via AP

President Donald Trump on Sept. 8 denounced the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a “horrible” act, saying the nation must stand up against “evil people.”

“We’re all people of religion, but there are evil people,” Trump said during remarks at the Museum of the Bible. “And we have to confront that. I just give my love and hope to the family of the young woman who was stabbed this morning or last night in Charlotte by a madman.”