President Trump recalled telling assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk he had “a good chance of being president” one day due to the Turning Point US co-founder’s skill at capturing the attention and imagination of young voters.
“I actually said, ‘Charlie, someday I think you have a good chance at being president, I think you will be president maybe’ and I think he would’ve had a great chance. He was very compelling,” Trump told Fox News host Martha MacCallum in an interview aired Thursday.
“I’ve never seen anybody capture a group of people like he captured youth. He captured youth, it was incredible,” the president went on.
“You know when I say he was a young guy, but I’m talking about the 20-year-olds and the 18-year-olds, it was like he had a following that was incredible.”
Kirk, a strong supporter of the 45th and 47th president was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.
Tyler Robinson, 22, is charged with his murder and Utah prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.
