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CNBC host Joe Kernen said on Thursday that President Donald Trump told him he believed conservative activist Charlie Kirk would’ve been president someday.

During the latest episode of CNBC’s "Squawk Box" – which celebrated its 30th anniversary on Thursday – Kernen revealed that Trump called him to congratulate him on the show’s three decades on-air. During the call, the host noted that Trump praised Kirk, who was assassinated on Wednesday.

"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 someday, he was such a talented guy."

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