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I am BIG on Pompeo! As you said, for the time being “so far”. The R’s are going to run a ship load against Trump, I hear, even in 2020. (Kinda hoped that Trump put him in and get him groomed up to avoid Pence, in the end.)
If there isn’t enough of a BOOM coming, expect a big push for an R with a bosom. Jodi Ernst, top of my head guess. The R’s think they need clackers! Of course, Niki Haley is a loose cannon who wants more. Said she will stay involved in POLICY. We’ll see what that means. War Hawk mouth on her. She couldn’t spell “diplomacy” with a wide broom.
Trump has a way with these cray crays around the world, a calming side, delivers them hope and a future, as his carrot. They already know about his big stick and don’t seem to want to run his Red Lines. God keep us.
Joni Ernst can make Sarah Palin sound like a Shakespearean actor by comparison, something which - IMHO - will tend to leave her in the role of a Mitt Romney acolyte (IOW, a "Minion's minion"). I don't regret my vote for her, but she is not to be trusted to do the right thing vis-a-vis President Trump.