Posted on 12/03/2016 6:18:27 PM PST by springwater13
According to two people close to the transition, Trump is moving away from two of the front-runners for the job, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP nominee. Giuliani's international business ties and public campaigning for the job are said to have rankled Trump. And while Trump has met twice with Romney, he's said to be aware of the risks of angering his supporters by tapping a Republican who was among his fiercest critics.
Former CIA director David Petraeus is still in the mix, though both people close to the transition said Trump's prolonged decision-making process has left the door open to other options.
One of the sources said Trump was open to expanding his short list of secretary of State prospects. Among the possibilities: Jon Huntsman, a former Republican Utah governor who also served as the ambassador to China and speaks Mandarin.
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Corker is the walking disaster genius who turned the Senate’s treaty power on its head to allow the Iran deal. NO IN SPADES TO CORKER.
Huntsman was never trump.....
This is just more guessing or tactical leaking to confuse the press
I hope it is Bolton.
I can’t stand Rand. Whomever he is against I am FOR! He’s a pussyfoot who thinks he’s purrrfect. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!
Bolton has guts. I’ll take a tiger personality any day over a puddy-tat.
I don't want either of them!
>.I can’t stand Rand. Whomever he is against I am FOR! He’s a pussyfoot who thinks he’s purrrfect. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! Bolton has guts. I’ll take a tiger personality any day over a puddy-tat.
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How sad that you state you are automatically against anything they are for. That statement alone makes me wonder what you know about the Constitution, limited gov’t., liberty and constitutional rights.
They are both very smart, learned men, with whom President Trump has much common ground. For example, President-elect Trump and the Pauls are in agreement with respect to the Iraq War, not getting entangled in foreign wars when possible, and domestically, they agree on less regulation, no Common Core, lower taxes, less debt, and conservative judges who are strict Constructionists in their rulings.
While I found Rand to be outrageously rude during the first debate, I can’t fault him for his well-grounded Constitutional positions.
Quotes by John Bolton
Well, I’m a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.
John Bolton
If a prosecutor in The Hague decides that the U.S. has not followed through effectively on an investigation - is unwilling or unable to carry it through - then that person, that prosecutor, in an unreviewable fashion gets to second-guess the United States? That is unacceptable. That is an assertion of authority over and above the U.S. Constitution.
John Bolton
The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.
John Bolton
I’m obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something that should and can be altered as people see the nature of the threats around the world that we face.
John Bolton
There’s no such thing as the United Nations,
John Bolton
When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.
John Bolton
“I am not a neoconservative.”
Quote by John Bolton
“Negotiation is not a policy. It’s a technique. It’s something you use when it’s to your advantage, and something that you don’t use when it’s not to your advantage.”
Quote by John Bolton
“I want to make sure that, not only in the Republican Party but in the body politic as a whole, people are aware of threats that remain to the United States.”
Quote by John Bolton
“If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.”
Quote by John Bolton
“You don’t need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think.”
Quote by John Bolton
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Sorry, I read that as “whatever”, not “whomever”, as you wrote.
My knowledge of the Constitution is thorough and extensive. How dare you question me! The Pauls are not the only experts on the subject. I do not like them and never will. They are both pussys and we do not need that now. We’ve had eight years of being behind. You have your opinion and I have mine which is just as valid if not more so.
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Sorry, I read that as “whatever”, not “whomever”, as you wrote.
I think I’d better head off to bed because I just replied to myself in the earlier post. Old and tired!
Molly Pitcher, anyone here on FR can question anyone else.
You state you just don’t like them, and you are entitled to your own opinion. I don’t agree with them on many issues, but I do respect their knowledge and understanding of the Constitution as superior to most.
Good night.
Thanks for that list! My favourite....there’s no such thing as the united nations.
For what it's worth, Bolton said he's not a neocon.
Huntsman is easily the most pathetic of all the names that have been floated thus far. I pray he selects Bolton.
Good. Tulsi Gabbard would be my choice.
Very funny. I have not heard that one before.
No, no, no. Corker is one of the top RINOS. I voted for the man but he has been a total letdown.
Bingo!
I think Huntsmans have four daughters and three sons. Not positive, though.
Tom Cotton???
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