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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Heh heh heh.
Watch. It’ll be Bolton. Announced on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas, rats!
Guiliani for Homeland Security.
Bolton for Sec State.
Sheriff Clarke for DHS.
That is my read of John Bolton’s body language on Fox yesterday.
Bolton would be a great choice,lets hope he’s the one.
I think you nailed it.
No! Giuliani for Special Prosecutor
Trump is surprising. He has many he is talking to. Bolton is one I liked because his philosophy of America first fits with me.
Trump has other power players in town that do not have much political prowess like Bolton.
He may just go with someone ready to go without all the baggage.
Giuliani is tainted. Good riddance.
We're trying to drain the swamp, remember? :-)
I see Rudy as a perfect fit for DHS.
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Install Rudy, let him then make CIA and FBI work together, then close DHS...what is its purpose anyway?
Thanks. That is pertinent info.
Get used to the phrase “Secretary John Bolton.”
Trump should choose a Governor. Go outside the Washington box and choose a Governor for SoS.
Jon Huntsman was Obama’s Ambassador to China.
He is Jon Huntsman Jr.....his father businessman Jon Huntsman Sr. has been described by Glenn Beck as ‘his mentor’.
I hear Romney might be offered a consular job in Benghazi.
Huntsman is horrible!
I liked the Gen. Kelly idea.
That’s who it should be. End of search.
Please don't make me retell the joke where Kerry goes into a hoity toity Beacon Hill pub as the polls are slipping after a hard day campaigning against W and he sits down at the bar next to a horse and the horse looks over at him and says 'why the long face?'
Clarke should head US Marshalls.
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