I think it was a press burying of the hatchet.
I don’t believe he had a moment’s consideration of giving Romney anything; for obvious reasons of Mitt’s cartoonish and childish behavior during this year’s campaign.
However a Republican elect refusing to meet its previous nominee would have caused more headlines than are worthwhile during a transition.
Easier to say “Yeah, great, thanks for coming. We’ll let you know.”
Cartoonish! Bawahahaha!
“THANKS for coming....surprised you could find the place based in your COMPLETE lack of direction during the primaries and general election with regards to MY ENTIRE CAMPAIGN and CHARACTER!!”