Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Sunday that it would not be his "first choice" to have President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE declare a national emergency to build a wall along the southern border.

“It’s not my first choice for him to use his emergency powers, but he’s proposed things," Scott said during an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."

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"[Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer Chuck SchumerJacobin editor: Primarying Schumer would force him to fight Trump's SCOTUS nominee CNN's Toobin: Democrats are 'wimps' who won't 'have the guts' to add Supreme Court seats Republican senator says plans to confirm justice before election 'completely consistent with the precedent' MORE [D-N.Y.] and [Speaker] Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiTrump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally CDC causes new storm by pulling coronavirus guidance Overnight Health Care: CDC pulls revised guidance on coronavirus | Government watchdog finds supply shortages are harming US response | As virus pummels US, Europe sees its own spike MORE [D-Calif.] are not negotiating with him in good faith, I don’t believe. And so if I was sitting in his position, I would go out there and I would say, ‘I’m going to use whatever power I have to solve the problem,' " Scott added.

Scott also said he would be "pretty frustrated" if he were Trump.

“If I was the president right now, I’d be pretty frustrated. … When you talk to border security, they say you have to have barriers," Scott said.

Trump, who has demanded that Congress approve funding for the border wall, in recent weeks has raised the possibility that he may declare a national emergency to begin building the wall.

“I think there’s a good chance we’ll have to do that," the president said Friday.

Republican leaders in Congress, however, have cautioned Trump against making an emergency declaration.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reportedly warned Trump last week against declaring a national emergency, while Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has said there is “not much appetite” for Trump to declare an emergency and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has said lawmakers are working “dissuade” Trump from an emergency declaration.