Thursday, November 24, 2016

Trump should continue to be Trump.
Continue to be unconventional.

Many Trump supporters are aghast at the possibility that Donald Trump might pick Governor Mitt Romney for Secretary of State. After all, Romney clearly went after Trump in a very personal (and not so pleasant) manner. Kelly Conway says she has gotten much resistance from Trump loyalists and has expressed her concerns with the President elect. Newt Gingrich thinks Rudy Giuliani would be a better choice.  Mike Huckabee says appointing Trump would be an insult to those who voted for him.

I think Trump should go with his gut. He promised that he would appoint the most talented people he could find for these jobs. He never talked about loyalty, ideology, or even experience. He talked about talent and vision and people who fit in with what he is trying to do. So the only question is whether or not Mitt Romney has the sort of political instincts and talents to serve well in an administration. That is the criteria Trump set for himself. That's the criteria he should use.

I personally think Romney would be an excellent choice. I think this not in spite of, but because of the personal animosity between the two. If after sitting down with Trump for the 90 minutes or so, Trump was convinced (in spite of their history) that Romney would make a good addition, then the former Republican nominee cleared a much bigger hurdle than anyone else under consideration.

Moreover, I think it would show an amazing amount of political maturity on the part of Trump to let the past slide. In many ways, Trump would be setting a tone for the rest of the country to follow. Hey, we may not have gotten along during this campaign. We all said some things we probably shouldn't have. But now it's time to bury the hatchet and work together.

A Romney pick for Secretary of State would be unconventional, very Trump-like, and most of all... a sign of genuine leadership.  I hope he pulls the trigger.

10 comments:

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

You have lost your ability to be reasonable.

If Clinton had followed a similar path, you would have written a 500 word diatribe declaring her incompetent.

How long has it been since he had a press conference?

How many intelligence briefings has he received? The President gets one every day.

How many of his campaign policies has he changed his mind?

Or more likely, who spoke to him last, made that decision.

Happy Thanksgiving to the Republicans who were turkeys. Gobble Gobble.

Commonsense said...

On the plus side Romney would be an excellent pick to renegotiate trade deals.

On the minus side will Romney be representing the interest of president and country or himself.

He's at heart a free-trader and Trump isn't. Suffice to say there are certain fundamental disagreements on trade policy that have to be overcome.

However, Romney's pick is a signal to Putin that Trump is not going to be the pushover he may have hoped for or that the Democrats feared.

wphamilton said...

Gotta be an improvement from Clinton or Kerry, right?

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Romney if he picks him, I will like it. Giuliani is a joke.

Commonsense said...

The man who led New York City through 9-11 may be many things but joke isn't one of them.

Only a hack would say something like that.

But I repeat myself.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

I have been watching the election, and Giuliani wasn't the same guy than he was 15 years ago. A few times it looked like he wasn't all there.

KD, said...

I have had the high honor to See America's Mayor Speak in person Twice at the Kansas City Sprint Center, He is the same man and more today, he is on the winning Team.

All you have is the bitter taste of defeat.

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KD said...

The failure is proven wrong.


"Barack Obama has warned that the UK would be at the “back of the queue” in any trade deal with the US if the country chose to leave the EU, as he made an emotional plea to Britons to vote for staying in."

That is no way to act, good to see you go.

Anonymous said...

Roger Amick said...
You have lost your ability to be reasonable.
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says the guy who refuses to accept the results of the election after freaking out at the prospect of trump not accepting the result of the election.

hypocrisy. bedrock. liberalism.