Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett was once considering a run for the U.S. Senate.

The 'gut-wrenching' victory of Donald Trump has the former White House staffer who says she did not see the upset coming aiming elsewhere.

Jarrett told MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski she's more interested in recruiting and training the next Barack Obama to run for office these days during an interview that aired this morning.

The Obama friend was even more adamant that former First Lady Michelle Obama would stay out of public office. It would not be 'fruitful' to have that discussion with her, Jarrett said.

Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett was once considering a run for the U.S. Senate. The 'gut-wrenching' victory of Donald Trump has the former White House staffer who says she did not see the upset coming aiming elsewhere

The Obama friend was adamant that former First Lady Michelle Obama would stay out of public office. It would not be 'fruitful' to have that discussion with her, Jarrett said

ICONIC: Jarrett and other Obama White House staffers are pictured on the day after the election in the Rose Garden, listening to the president talk about Trump's unanticipated win

Jarrett and Obama have each been nudged toward running for the Illinois Senate seat the term-limited former president used to hold.

Neither of them are interested at this point, Jarrett indicated on 'Morning Joe'.

'Encouraging the next generation is really where my heart is,' she said.

Fans of Michelle Obama may never get their wish.

Jarrett said she's not urging her friend to run. 'I don't think that that would be fruitful,' she stated.

'I will encourage her to be a force for good, she doesn't need much encouragement for that, obviously she was an extraordinary first lady, but i don't think she really wants to run for office,' Jarrett told MSNBC.

In telling remarks about her close friends' ambitions, Jarrett said Michelle 'appreciates that she has this extraordinary platform' she has in the post-presidency 'as does her husband.'

'They're young, they're very popular, the president left office with very high approval ratings, as did she,' she said, 'and so how do you take that and galvanize the American people, citizens, to actually work to solve some of the big challenges that we lie ahead...I think both of them are committed to that.'

The Obamas are renting a home in Washington, D.C. while their younger daughter, Malia, completes her secondary education. They still own in Chicago, though, and are expected to move back in the next several years.

Obama's presidential library is being built in Jackson Park on the South Side of the city. Construction is supposed to finish in 2020.

In telling remarks about her close friends, Jarrett said Michelle 'appreciates that she has this extraordinary platform' she has in the post-presidency 'as does her husband.' The Obamas are pictured in January in Chicago

Jarrett said she intends to work with the former president to develop the Obama Center.

'I think what he's really interested in doing is finding, you know, the Barack Obama 2.0s all around our country, who are the next generation of leaders that he can support and nurture and help grow,' she said. 'How can we help get young people to think, why don't I run for office?'

Obama is planning a return to community organizing, she said.

'I think he's looking forward to going back to that and use his incredibly power platform the Obama Center to excite and nurture and get young people to want to care about their country and to make it better.'

Many of the former president's prized accomplishments are being tossed in the waste basket of the Trump administration.

Jarrett said it's hard for her watch, but she's trying not to get sidetracked.

'That doesn't mean that when you see things that you think aren't consistent with our core values you don't call them out,' she said, 'but it also means that you have to say, you know, what can I do? What can I do to actually still impact the lives of those kids in our country who deserve a fair shot and who aren't getting one today?'

Jarrett told MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski she's more interested in recruiting and training the next Barack Obama to run for office these days during an interview that aired this morning

Democrats must speak up when they 'have an opposition to something,' she said. 'But you also have to show what you're for.'

'I think there's a lot of momentum out there and i think that the challenges just keeping that momentum going and not letting folks kind of get lulled into a sense of either complacency or feeling unempowered. I want everyone to feel empowered. everyone can do something.'

The election results were unnerving, she acknowledged.

'It was, i think, gut wrenching is how I described it. But that's our democracy and then you have to just move on and figure out how you want to continue to do what you care most about.'

For, her, she said issues like gender equality, criminal justice reform and civil rights are at the forefront of her agenda.

'I certainly hope that we can all continue to be forces for good after leaving the White House. 'Our life hopefully doesn't end,' she said said of a potential Senate run.

'For me the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government,' Jarrett added.