President Donald Trump doesn’t want former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to run for his old seat in the U.S Senate, according to Alabama Senator Richard Shelby.

Speaking to The Hill, Shelby said he’d discussed a potential Sessions candidacy with the president but said Trump was “not encouraging” of the idea.

“I talked to the president about if… Sessions ran, he was not encouraging," Shelby said. "How do I say it? He was not on board, OK?"

Shelby declined to provide details on the president’s thoughts regarding Sessions but added he and Trump had “talked about the seat, basically, you know how to win the seat.”

Shelby said he doesn’t think Sessions will run.

"He would be a formidable candidate if he ran, but he would ask himself why would he want to come up here,” he said.

Sessions, who stepped down from the AG’s office in November 2018 after months of high-profile clashes with Trump, has remained mum on a potential bid for his old Senate seat, currently held by Democrat Doug Jones.

Jones is seeking to retain the seat in 2020 but faces opposition from a handful of Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville, state Rep. Arnold Mooney and Haleyville businessman Stanley Adair.