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AP: Huntsman among secretary of State possibilities
The Hill ^ | 12/3/16 | JESSE BYRNES

Posted on 12/03/2016 8:41:10 PM PST by 198ml

AP: Huntsman among secretary of State possibilities © Getty President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly open to expanding his short list of candidates for secretary of State to include former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.

Huntsman was one of the possibilities reported by The Associated Press on Saturday night, citing a source close to the Trump transition.

Huntsman, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, previously served as ambassador to China and speaks Mandarin.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: cabinet; huntsman; sos; trumpcabinet; trumptransition
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1 posted on 12/03/2016 8:41:10 PM PST by 198ml
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To: 198ml

the SnakeDept needs a thorough clean=out.
I think maybe Bolton or Guliani could do it.
I do not know if Huntsman could,...?


2 posted on 12/03/2016 8:42:36 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: 198ml

NO!


3 posted on 12/03/2016 8:43:19 PM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: 198ml
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, this guy is a worthless nobody, just a rich one wanting a little limelight. No.
4 posted on 12/03/2016 8:43:59 PM PST by Fungi
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To: 198ml

This is merely Trump trolling the media.

It will not be Huntsman. My guess, based on his body language in interviews... Its Bolton.


5 posted on 12/03/2016 8:44:18 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

No!!!!!!!!


6 posted on 12/03/2016 8:45:33 PM PST by Kozy (new age haruspex)
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To: 198ml

Better than Betray-Us.


7 posted on 12/03/2016 8:45:42 PM PST by aposiopetic
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Actually, Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney can’t stand each other. They are cousins, I believe, but are very competitive with each other and don’t like each other. If Huntsman gets it and Romney doesn’t, Mitt’s brain is going to be fried at the thought of his fellow Mormon relative whom he has had a bad family relationship with for years, gets chosen by Trump for SOS.

If Trump is truly out for revenge against Mitt Romney, then choosing Huntsman will make a mortal enemy of Trump out of Mitt. It will be a bridge too far and Mitt will take it as the ultimate humiliation. Interesting times.


8 posted on 12/03/2016 8:46:54 PM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP Rocked and' WON!!!! )
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

LOL. Bolton was a high ranking official in the Bush administration. It won’t be him.


9 posted on 12/03/2016 8:47:16 PM PST by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: flaglady47

The job of secretary of state is not that important. Huntsman is probably fine for the position. He is a former governor, former ambassador to China and head of a major company in the US.


10 posted on 12/03/2016 8:51:32 PM PST by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: 198ml

I would rather have Romney.


11 posted on 12/03/2016 8:52:50 PM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: 198ml

NO! Worse than Romney.


Maybe, just maybe, floating Jon Huntsman is supposed to make us like Romney ... lol.
Well, if so, it's working on me.


12 posted on 12/03/2016 8:53:19 PM PST by onyx (CELEBRATE PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S VICTORY DONATE MONTHLY or JOIN CLUB 300!)
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To: Mercat

LOL.
BUMP.
I just wrote the same damn words.


13 posted on 12/03/2016 8:54:03 PM PST by onyx (CELEBRATE PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S VICTORY DONATE MONTHLY or JOIN CLUB 300!)
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To: 198ml

no.


14 posted on 12/03/2016 8:56:50 PM PST by dadfly
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To: 198ml

I’d take Romney over damn Huntsman.

He did support Trump though, IIRC. But he’s a dasterdly RINO who flirted with leaving the party and he has ties to Red China.


15 posted on 12/03/2016 8:57:15 PM PST by Impy (Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
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To: Helicondelta

Are there any non-globalists on Trump’s short list for this job? It makes me think Trump has a candidate picked who isn’t being talked about by anyone.


16 posted on 12/03/2016 8:57:56 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: 198ml

Someone on the Trump transition team is recommending people like Romney and Huntsman for Secretary of State. Probably the same person who recommended Nikki Haley for Ambassador to the U.N.


17 posted on 12/03/2016 9:02:13 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

That’d be my pick, I just like the way the guy thinks. But evidently Trump is looking for something other than a traditional diplomat.

My guess is he wants someone who can lead the trade negotiations and make Trump’s vision come to life. That’s probably hard to find in a career diplomat and the people who might be good at it probably have no diplomatic experience.

He’s obviously looking for something different.


18 posted on 12/03/2016 9:02:22 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: 198ml

19 posted on 12/03/2016 9:04:19 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: dowcaet

Nobody knows who is on Trump’s short list. What’s going on here is that someone on the transition team (probably Pence) is pulling for Huntsman and they leak this stuff to the press to try to gain traction.


20 posted on 12/03/2016 9:06:08 PM PST by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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