There is an opinion column at the American Thinker that addresses a scenario that says TRUMP wants the State Department OVERHAULED, which is Romney’s forte.
Romney repaired the Olympics on a shoestring and overhauled Bain Capital... I know I probably spelled that wrong, but you see where this is going.
The writer suggests that TRUMP will run foreign policy from the White House along with certain of his cabinet members.
He speaks of John Bolton as possibly too cozy with members at the State Department to really be able to make deep enough cuts and to do serious restructuring and closing down whole departments, and further says that the State Dept is full of Arabs. Yes, he says THAT. Wow.
If plausible, then TRUMP puts in the best restructuring and gutting man for that job, but does not give Romney run-amok reins to go rogue internationally, nor any opportunity to outflank TRUMP’s White House on policy, either foreign or domestic.
Writer suggests Bolton can be called in by Romney or the White House to bring his own expertise to the table.
Just sayin’.
“TRUMP wants the State Department OVERHAULED, which is Romney’s forte.”
Interesting. Every Department needs to overhauled or scrapped all together.
Trump needs an independent bulldozer team to get that herculean task done.
I would not appoint romney to anything, ever...
Good analysis and you may be right.
“If plausible, then TRUMP puts in the best restructuring and gutting man for that job”
I’m sure there are 1000’s of people that are as good or better than Romney for this kind of task.
By Trump’s pics, it’s becoming more apparent that the Kabuki party (The repubikans in congress) have made it clear that they intend to obstruct Trump’s agenda.
I have no doubt about Romney’s ability and skill at doing an overhaul of State, but I believe it’s far more likely he’d side with them and use the position to undermine and sabotage Trump. He doesn’t really believe in the same vision for the country as Trump, and would likely be a Trojan horse agent for the globalist elites.
” TRUMP wants the State Department OVERHAULED, which is Romney’s forte.”
That makes sense. Keep in mind that KellyAnne was the last of three campaign managers. Both her & her predecessors were put in charge during the specific phases of the campaign - the primaries, the convention, and then the GE - each one bringing their specific skill set to manage those diverse phases.
It may be - as mentioned above - that Mitt will be brought in to perform the “overhaul”, and once that is complete a new SoS, one more in-sync with Trump’s foreign policy will be installed.
Just a thought...
I’ll be very surprised and very disappointed if Romney gets SoS.
More to the point, I would bet a week’s pay that if he does get picked, it won’t be because of his skill set (restructuring). The reason would have to be that Romney as SOS is the price in exchange for more valuable political gains elsewhere.
The only scenario I can imagine that might explain this is the following:
Let’s say the #neverTrumps in senate and congressional leadership positions are not done yet - they are being more conciliatory in public, but let’s assume they have made clear to Trump in private that they can and will join with democrats to block Trump’s cabinet appointments, judicial nominations and legislative proposals unless they get certain concessions.
The concessions are mostly window dressing. They know they can’t thwart the voters who swept Trump into office, but they have enough leverage to get some face saving figurehead appointments, and some window dressing legislative items into Trump’s agenda. They want the appearance of partial victory - they want to avoid the perception of having been beaten into the dust. They still think this Trump thing may blow over and they want to be in a position to pick up the pieces.
If Trump picks Romney it will have to be part of a deal like that. Trump is a deal maker. There is give and take. Trump will get the best of the deals he makes, but he will have to offer some concessions. Maybe this is one of them (if it even happens).
I’m 100% sure of one thing: There is no way in hell Kellyanne Conway would express her displeasure over the prospect of Romney getting SOS without Trump’s full blessing. He is using her to communicate HIS displeasure at the prospect.
So, if it is Romney, we can be sure it is a strategic sacrifice for a greater good. I think Trump is smart - I trust him... I’ll just have to watch him play out the rest of his hand and maybe later I’ll understand what he was thinking.
Excellent analysis, Rita, and I certainly hope you have it right. But I still despise Mittens.