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Pence confirms Romney is 'under active and serious consideration' to be Trump's secretary of state
The London Daily Mail ^
| November 20, 2016
| Nikki Schwab, Anneta Konstantinides and Jessica Chia
Posted on 11/20/2016 12:26:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Lincoln, Nixon and Reagan weren't always "friends" with their cabinet members either.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
doesn’t Romney see Russia as an enemy?
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:29:24 PM PST
by
ground_fog
( My God this was from today!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I don’t like it, but Trump makes good decisions. If he chooses Romney, I am going to assume that Trump has decided it is best for the country. And he will have him on a short leash.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:30:45 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(time to bring down the Clinton money laundering foundation)
To: ground_fog
doesnt Romney see Russia as an enemy?Doesn't matter. Romney will be the voice for President Trump on all foreign policy matters.
And he'll have to call him "Mr. President" as well.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:30:54 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Don’t trust that back stabbing SOB.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:32:03 PM PST
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just love Pence as his vp pick and as an elegant spokesperson.
The difference between the Dems and the Republicans.
The Dems have no one....Obama pretty much ruined all their careers.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My least favorite possible choice so far.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:33:10 PM PST
by
Leep
(Winner winner chicken dinner!)
To: doug from upland
why would Trump need to take on a high maintenance Secretary of State?
Especially one who was extraordinarily disrespectful, disloyal and scheming and complicit with those who ran nude photos of Trumps wife during the Utah primary
Make him the Ambassador to France or Poland or something but not the Secretary of State
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:33:34 PM PST
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Romney isn’t fit to wash Trumps car.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:34:40 PM PST
by
Bullish
(The fly on Hillary's forehead knows)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Romney would have been perfectly at home in Hillary Clinton's cabinet. This has all the makings of a disaster - an unforced disaster. There is no pressure on Trump to appoint a sworn enemy of his agenda to his cabinet. There is no incentive for Romney to toe Trump's foreign policy line as Secretary of State - he will protect the Foggy Bottom bureaucrats who have defied Republican presidents for years and garner praise from the Washington news media by "standing up to Trump" until Trump is forced to fire him.
I doubt Romney will make it through Trump's first term, and there's no telling how much division and chaos he will cause in US foreign policy before he is canned.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ugghh...Mr. Establishment
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:34:59 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(The Social Justice War is over and we won!)
To: silverleaf
I'm not sure that I'd be happy with this, but ...
All politics aside, Romney would probably command a lot of respect from foreign leaders in a way that many other candidates for this position would not.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:35:49 PM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
To: doug from upland
“...he will have him on a short leash.”
Like a dog. When Trump goes out, he could put Romney in a carrier on the roof.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:36:25 PM PST
by
euram
To: Mouton
I don’t imagine that he does. On the bright side, Trump has shown that he is quick to pull the plug on people who are not working out.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
No thanks. Mitt might be a useful candidate for overseeing the dismantling of the Federal Reserve, though.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:38:22 PM PST
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Better than Corker, better than Regime Change Bolton, better than Rudy who can do other things...
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I like him for Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Romney’s got a good business mind and could tear that place up and rebuild.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:38:36 PM PST
by
demkicker
(My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
To: Afterguard
As long as Donald is The Boss, it doesn’t matter what Romney thinks.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:38:57 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: doug from upland
Since Romney has obviously gone down on his knees and kissed the ring, he will reconsider his position of Russia being America’s no 1 geopolitical enemy.
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posted on
11/20/2016 12:40:08 PM PST
by
libh8er
To: Mouton
What’s better for Trump, Romney on the sidelines questioning every move the administration makes, or Romney on the inside as part of the administration? I’ll bet Trump sees this as a way to silence a critic, just like Obama did with Hillary.
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