Is Mitt Romney the future of US foreign policy?

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Is Mitt Romney the future of US foreign policy?

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- Speculation over the future of US foreign policy reached new heights on Tuesday (November 29) when Mitt Romney – formerly a critic of Donald Trump – sat down for dinner with the president-elect.

 

Tipped to be in the running for the coveted Secretary of State job, Romney labelled Trump a ‘phony’ and a ‘fraud’ during the 2016 election campaign. He also ran for the presidency on the Republican ticket in 2012, but lost out to current President Barack Obama.

 

Foreign policy has been a thorn in the side of Trump’s transition team. Doubts have been raised about bringing in the former Massachusetts governor. Some are pushing for long-time Trump supporter and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to be offered the position.

 

But, whatever the past, Romney was all smiles when he emerged from dinner with the president-elect at his golf club in New Jersey.

“I had a wonderful evening with President-Elect Donald Trump,” he said. “We had another discussion about affairs throughout the world and these discussions I’ve had with him have been enlightening and interesting and engaging. I’ve enjoyed them very, very much.”

 

Who else?

 

Former Goldman Sachs partner Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday he had accepted the nomination to become the next Treasury Secretary.

 

The Wall Street veteran was the national finance chairman for Trump’s election campaign.

 

Mnuchin, like the president-elect, has no direct government experience.

 

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross said he had agreed to accept the role of Secretary of Commerce.

 

Trump’s move to fill up his domestic policy team saw the appointment on Tuesday (November 29) of Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary and Tom Price as the Minister of Health and Human Services.

 

He announced on Wednesday (November 30) that he will hold a news conference with his family on December 15 to discuss leaving his business ‘in total’ to focus on running the country.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-12-01

[Silurian]

Here comes Romney with tail between his legs, pissing his way up to Don the Prez and licking his boots. Yeah, that is the kind of Sec of State that the US needs. Real strong backbone there.

[zaphod reborn]

This just shows how little Trump knows and cares about US foreign policy.

[Ulysses G.]

I am hoping for John Bolton. However, it does not seem likely.

[ilostmypassword]

10 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:

I am hoping for John Bolton. However, it does not seem likely.

Yes, the man who is still defending the Iraq war.  It's clear that he's not learning disabled.

[Ulysses G.]

4 minutes ago, ilostmypassword said:

Yes, the man who is still defending the Iraq war.  It's clear that he's not learning disabled.

 

Let he without sin cast the first stone. I do not agree with him on Iraq, but value his positions on lots of other things.

[ilostmypassword]

Just now, Ulysses G. said:

 

Let he without sin cast the first stone. I do not agree with him on Iraq, but value his positions on lots of other things.

The point is not that he supported it in the past, but that he still supports it now.

[Silurian]

Here is a pretty good opinion piece on wishy-washy Romney. My favorite line is "Romney has never met an opinion he couldn't abandon."

 

Opinion: Romney’s embrace of Trump should be no surprise

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/romneys-embrace-of-trump-should-be-no-surprise-2016-11-30

 

[Rob13]

4 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

Let he without sin cast the first stone.

 

So we shouldn't judge our country's leader because we've all sinned, just rollover and take what they give us. Not much sense in having a vote then is there.

[Ulysses G.]

6 hours ago, Rob13 said:

 

So we shouldn't judge our country's leader because we've all sinned, just rollover and take what they give us. Not much sense in having a vote then is there.

 

More like we should not condemn a man for one policy that we disagree with out of many that we do.

[Rob13]

13 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

 

More like we should not condemn a man for one policy that we disagree with out of many that we do.

 

We shouldn't  condemn but if they're holding an elected office they have to willing to be judged by the electorate. A bit like an employer judging his employees  job performance.