Turning Point USA also announced Thursday that Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, had been unanimously elected as its next leader.

Trump, confronted by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox's criticism of social media, responded: “Well, it’s not a cancer in all respects. In some respects, it is great.”

Turning Point USA was founded by Kirk in 2012 when he was 18 and has since become a prominent force among conservative politics.