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.

Late co-founder previously expressed that he would want his wife to lead in the event of his death, organization says

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

The widow of Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist assassinated on a college campus last week, was unanimously elected on Thursday as the new CEO of a...

Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, was elected CEO and chair, continuing the conservative youth organisation's mission.

"I am a moderate compared to Erika," Charlie Kirk revealed earlier this year.

"I am a moderate compared to Erika," Charlie Kirk revealed earlier this year.