Pompeo Would Win Senate Seat in Kansas If He Ran, Trump Says

President Donald Trump (L) speaks next to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Cabinet Meeting at the White House on Oct. 21, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would “win easily” if he ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, President Donald Trump said.

Pompeo, 55, vacated his House seat to join the Trump administration in January 2017. He was the director of the CIA before becoming Secretary of State last year.