“What he created, at that point, he had a couple chapters. Turning Point was in its infancy. They had absolutely no funding, and yet he spoke about this big dream of creating this incredible organization and inspiring millions and millions of kids and really redirecting the whole political conversation all across youth across the country. What’s a bigger goal than that?” Trump said on Wednesday during Fox News’s Hannity.

“And he did it. And I watched him over that 10-year period of time. Ten years ago I met him, right, and I watched him over that period of time, and he was truly one of these great forces of nature,” Trump said.