Posted on 12/02/2016 12:09:54 PM PST by SeekAndFind
President-elect Trump continues to drag out the process of selecting someone to nominate for Secretary of State. Whether it’s all part of an effort to humiliate Mitt Romney for his insubordination during the primary or just a difficult decision to make is anyone’s guess. Ambassador John Bolton is considered by many to be the best choice to head up and reform the State Department.
Fox News’ Bret Baier reported that Ambassador Bolton met with Vice President-elect Mike Pence yesterday in Washington to discuss the Secretary of State job and will meet with Trump tomorrow at Trump Tower in New York.
Fox News: John Bolton met w/ @mike_pence in DC 2day to discuss the Sec of State position & will meet w/ @realDonaldTrump in NY Fri.afternoon
— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) November 30, 2016
Trump aides are saying that the decision has been narrowed down to four candidates.
While announcing Wednesday that the president-elect has narrowed his search to four candidates, Trump aides also said they do not expect any more announcements on any Cabinet slots the rest of this week.
“There is not a set timetable” for filling the secretary of State position, Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller said.
Miller and other aides would not identify the four finalists, but confirmed that they include 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, a prominent Trump surrogate during the campaign.
Trump has interviewed at least two other candidates: Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and retired general and ex-CIA director David Petraeus.
Retired Marine general John Kelly has also been mentioned as a possible secretary of State for Trump.
Ambassador Bolton this week has been publicly calling for a “cultural revolution” in the State Department.
.@AmbJohnBolton: The State Department needs a cultural revolution pic.twitter.com/IcpqXBWgHv
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) December 1, 2016
That’s more like it.
The best one on the list!
I bet he’s been on his mind the whole time....hee...hee
I thought a lot of FReepers consider Bolton to be too much of a trigger-happy Neocon....
Good move, Mr. Trump.
FReepers like Bolton, though a few still
pine for their Bishop RomneyCARE.
Such as???
I think Bolton would be great to go alongside “Mad Dog”....
I’ve read some rumblings that Bolton is also being considered for the #2 job at State.
On balance, I like the Bolton idea. I’ve liked him for a long time. I think President Trump will rein in any “trigger-happy” tendencies Bolton might or might not have.
Bolton is the man. A golden Reagan guy who still has a lot to offer.
RE: Such as???
Some FReepers expressed alarm at one of Bolton’s articles in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/opinion/to-stop-irans-bomb-bomb-iran.html?_r=0
TITLE: To Stop Iran’s Bomb, Bomb Iran
They also cite his support for the Invasion of Iraq ( but then, hey, others being considered for State were for the invasion as well — Romney, Giuliani, etc. )
Tough guy, knows his stuff...that is what we need. Not some milquetoast Romney
Bolton. Yes yes. (Or Rudy, but Bolton is better qualified for this job and I’d then like to see Rudy offered another position where he could help repair the obama- pelosi- soros damage to America. He’s a very bright capable guy)
I see nothing wrong with stopping Iran fom getting more nuclear...If they aren’t stopped, we’ll have some BIG problems down the road...
Bolton understands keeping America safe....
RE: Bolton. Yes yes. (Or Rudy, but Bolton is better qualified for this job and I’d then like to see Rudy offered another position where he could help repair the obama- pelosi- soros damage to America. He’s a very bright capable guy)
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The Homeland Security job is still open. Rudy could fit in nicely. he was a ROCK for NYC after 9/11 and made what many considered an “ungovernable” city, quite governable.
Bolton was FANTASTIC as UN Ambassador. It was a pity it was a recess appointment...but he WAS an Ambassador.
As SOS he will make the libs go berserk!
Sec of State has to know what ambassadors are like because he has to deal with them. The State Dept is notorious for eating people alive
I have the feeling Rudy does not want to spend the next 4 years planet-hopping.
Now yer talking! Bolton!
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