I’m concerned about a possible Mitt Romney nomination as Secretary of State. He and President-elect Trump do not share a similar worldview, which is vital for the President and Secretary of State to have.
The last thing we need is a SecState making deals overseas and then having President Trump override him, which would severely undermine Romney’s credibility. That’s the very last thing we need after all the damage that Clinton and Kerry did during their times as Secretary of State.
I think Romney would be better in the Small Business Administration or even as Postmaster General.
Rudy Giuliani seems to share a similar worldview and could represent President-elect Trump very efficiently.
As far as Giuliani’s conflict of interests goes, the media seems to be overlooking the fact that his overseas deals were as a private citizen on behalf of his company, not as any kind of a government official. There can be no talk of conflict of interest at this stage of the game because the conditions for it to exist didn’t. The media’s putting the wagon before the horse.
The Secretary of State is required to comply with conflict-of-interest laws and he would have to separate from his business interests, unlike the President. I think he’d put his business affairs in order before taking office, if President-elect Trump chose him and he agreed to do it.
A decision should be made soon.
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