President Trump spoke with Mitt Romney, the GOP's 2012 presidential nominee, on Tuesday night, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said.

"The president of the United States and Gov. Romney spoke 10 hours ago — less than 12 hours ago," Conway said on CNN's "New Day.

"And people should know that, because otherwise there's speculation and consternation and hand-wringing about who speaks for the president and who he speaks to," she said.

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Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, has spoken critically of Trump since the real estate mogul's 2016 presidential bid. He is said to be considering a Senate run in Utah if current Sen. Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant HatchBottom line Bottom line Senate GOP divided over whether they'd fill Supreme Court vacancy MORE (R-Utah) decides not to seek another term.

Conway did not say whether the two men discussed Romney's potential 2018 Senate bid, though she said that they had a "wonderful conversation."

She also did not say whether Trump would back a potential Senate run by Romney.

Hatch, 83, has served four decades in the Senate, making him the longest-serving current Republican in the chamber. He has not yet said whether he will pursue another term in office.

Stephen Bannon, the Breitbart News chief and former White House chief strategist, blasted Romney in a stump speech for Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore late Tuesday, accusing him of dodging the draft during the Vietnam War. Romney received a draft deferment during the conflict.

Bannon's comments came shortly after Romney tweeted that Moore in the Senate would be "a stain on the GOP and on the nation."

Trump earlier this week endorsed Moore, despite multiple allegations that the former Alabama Supreme Court justice pursued sexual and romantic relations with teenage girls when he was in his 30s.

Moore has denied the allegations, and has resisted calls from GOP lawmakers and officials to step aside in the race.