President Trump reportedly told CNBC anchor Joe Kernen that he thought slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk "could have been president some day."

"He’s devastated about Charlie Kirk and said that, what a guy, what a great individual, and he said he helped him greatly in the last election and thinks that Charlie Kirk could have been president some day," Kernen recounted Thursday morning after speaking to Trump by phone. "He was such a talented guy."

Kirk, 31, was assassinated during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Authorities said

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