Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he's open to his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, leaving the administration to pursue a Senate seat in Kansas "if he thought that there was a chance of losing that seat."

Trump told "Fox and Friends" that he spoke to Pompeo about the seat, calling him "an incredible guy doing a great job in a very complicated world" who "would win easily in Kansas."

"If I thought they had somebody out there that couldn't win -- and Mike would, really, he loves what he's doing. ... He came to me and said, 'Look, I'd rather stay where I am.' But he loves Kansas, he loves the people of Kansas," Trump said. "If he thought that there was a chance of losing that seat, I think he would do that and he would win in a landslide because they love him in Kansas."

CNN has reached out to the State Department for comment about the President's comments.

Kansas hasn't had a Democratic senator since 1932, but the looming retirement of veteran Republican Sen. Pat Roberts has become a cause for concern within the GOP establishment. The worry is that the party will nominate Kris Kobach, an anti-illegal immigration firebrand and voter-fraud crusader who lost the governor's race last year only to turn around and announce his candidacy for Senate in July. Pompeo has long been Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's first choice for the seat

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