During an interview with Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera, host of the “Roadkill” podcast, President Donald Trump praised his current U.S. Attorney General, William Barr.

However, when asked by Rivera what life would have been like if he had initially chosen Barr instead of Jeff Sessions, Barr’s predecessor, at the beginning of his presidency, Trump said his life would have been “much easier.”

The remarks come as political watchers are waiting to see if Trump will weigh in on the Alabama U.S. Senate GOP primary contest, in which Sessions is the front-runner.

“My life would’ve been a lot easier, but I might have been less popular,” Trump said. “Because they say they like that I fought it. They like that I won. They like that my base is much more energized. Let’s assume none of this stuff happened — that we had a nice, boring presidency, right? I don’t think we would have nearly the energy that we have in the Republican Party right now.”

“My life would have been a lot easier,” he added. “Bill Barr is a very good man doing a very good job. But my life would have been much easier. There is no question about it.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly and host of Huntsville’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN.