I don’t think he’s jerking Rudy around. Rudy may want Homeland Security as much as SOS...depends on how much travel he wants to engage in. If Rudy would rather not live out of a suitcase, he might prefer Homeland Security.
We just don’t know. I see where Trump is going with his interest in Romney. He wants to go outside the box as much as possible and he wants to “bring America together”. His political instincts are telling him that Romney on his team would help him with tough Senate votes and with quelling rebellions from the old establishment.
In the end though I believe he will probably not go to Romney as much as he’d like to shake everyone up. Romney was too much his own person and too much a real a**hole throughout the campaign. He might decide to bring in someone different from the establishment camp into an important position.
Make Joe Manchin SecState. Then fill his seat with a Republican.
Romney will never truly be on Trump’s team.
He has his own agenda and only plays for Team Romney. Romney has on more than one occasion failed to stand tall when it mattered. You cannot count on or trust people like that.
Trump would soon regret this decision. I promise you that.