Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney revealed Friday that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonFox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio Trump, Biden court Black business owners in final election sprint The power of incumbency: How Trump is using the Oval Office to win reelection MORE encouraged him to think about being President Trump's secretary of State.

Romney, who is also the former governor of Massachusetts, made the comments at his annual political summit in Park City, Utah.

Romney reveals in Park City that HILLARY encouraged him to consider Sec State job — Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) June 9, 2017

Romney in UT: I spoke to former Pres. Bush, Sec Clinton, former secs of state, and in each case, they all said please, please take that job — Stefan Becket (@becket) June 9, 2017

Mitt Romney says he spoke with Hillary Clinton about the prospect of becoming Trump's secretary of state: "I would've accepted the job." — Teddy Davis (@TeddyDavisCNN) June 9, 2017

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While he was a vocal Trump critic during the presidential campaign, Romney was under consideration to be Trump’s secretary of State before Trump picked Rex Tillerson, who was then serving as CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp.

Romney said he would have been willing to serve as the country’s top diplomat if Trump offered him the job.

“If I could have helped shape foreign policy to protect the country I love, I would have been more than willing to do so,” Romney wrote in a letter to The Salt Lake Tribune in December.