Posted on 11/20/2016 12:26:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Vice President-elect Mike Pence confirmed Sunday that Mitt Romney is in the running to be Donald Trump's secretary of state.
'I can say that Governor Romney is under active and serious consideration to serve as secretary of state of the United States,' Pence told CBS News' John Dickerson on 'Face the Nation' Sunday.
President-elect Donald Trump and Romney, the GOP's 2012 nominee, seemed to bury the hatchet at a meeting yesterday in New Jersey, after Romney called Trump a 'fraud' and a 'phony' during the Republican primary this spring and Trump had referred to Romney as a loser and a 'choker.'
Pence said Trump was 'very grateful' that Romney came to Saturday's meeting.
'We spent the better part of an hour together with him,' he said. 'And then I know that the two of them actually had some private time together.'
'I would tell you that it was not only a cordial meeting, but also it was a very substantive meeting,' Pence revealed....
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doesn’t Romney see Russia as an enemy?
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.
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.
Don’t trust that back stabbing SOB.
The difference between the Dems and the Republicans.
The Dems have no one....Obama pretty much ruined all their careers.
My least favorite possible choice so far.
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
Romney isn’t fit to wash Trumps car.
Ugghh...Mr. Establishment
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.
“...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.
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.
No thanks. Mitt might be a useful candidate for overseeing the dismantling of the Federal Reserve, though.
Better than Corker, better than Regime Change Bolton, better than Rudy who can do other things...
I like him for Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Romney’s got a good business mind and could tear that place up and rebuild.
As long as Donald is The Boss, it doesn’t matter what Romney thinks.
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.
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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