“He’s a young man, but a great man. And we look forward to it.… We want to look at it as a time of healing, a time of whatever,” Trump said. “That something like this could have happened is not even believable. So… we’ll have a very interesting day, very tough day.

One reporter asked Trump what he would say to Kirk’s family.

“Well, I’m going to just give them my love. There’s nothing much you can say,” he replied.