The two were talking like old friends by the time Charlie Kirk asked the president of the U.S. that cliche-but-telling question, what would you tell your younger self? Dead panning perfectly, Trump quipped, “Don’t run for president.”

His jaw dropped, and 24-year-old Kirk guffawed along with the rest of the couple hundred young voters gathered at the White House millennial summit. From there, the founder and executive director of Turning Point USA didn’t stop groveling. Kirk thanked and flattered and sweet-talked throughout the 20-minute interview, teeing up fat softball after fat softball for the president.