President Donald Trump issued his most explosive remarks yet following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, blaming the 'radical left' for obstructing national healing and explicitly calling for billionaire Democratic donor George Soros to be jailed under racketeering laws.

In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said he hopes the country can recover from the shock of Kirk's killing but swiftly shifted blame to political opponents. 

'I'd like to see it [the nation] heal. But we're dealing with a radical left group of lunatics, and they don't play fair and they never did.'