Prediction: Mitt Romney will *not* be Trump's Secretary of State

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Trump is setting him up, acting as if he really wants the job (which may or may not be the case), and then he'll get to deny him. It's payback for Mitt's bashing of him during the race.

To Trump, the Art of the Humiliation is everything to him. We've seen it time and time and time again. Trump's out to punish those who dare spoke against him, and waiving a carrot in front of Mitt's face before yanking it away is how he in his own mind is going to get his.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Also, he's kind of normal.

I don't like him but he's not criminally insane, which seems to be a requirement for a position with the Trump Administration.

[Ilsa]

5. And trump knows that Rmoney is more refined,

has better social standing, and will be better at protocol, as well as not be fly-off-the-handle crazy. Trump probably despises him.

[gollygee]

2. At least he's not a hothead

I was afraid he'd want someone as short-tempered as he is.

[TrekLuver]

3. These "appointments" so far have been pretty hideous...I'm actually HOPING that Romney will do it

This is a pretty sad and fucked up state of affairs.....but how can he when Don's a dick and they differ in foreign policy so much. How can Mitts take that job anyway????

[C_U_L8R]

4. Agree... Donnie's all about getting even.

Romney's setting himself up for a Trumping
(unless he's playing some game of his own).
Curious.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

6. Romney strike me as someone better suited to be UN Ambassador in a Trump Administration

His Olympic background, as well as the fact that it is a meaningless (read: devoid of power) position that has a lot of prestige. Trump could be viewed as handing another olive branch to his opponents within the party, without actually giving up anything substantive.

Given her Indian decent, the recent tendency for women to be Sec State, and her years as a governor, Nikki Haley would make a lot of sense. In the end, however, I still think it will be Rudy.

[tritsofme]

7. The prospect of Romney publicly resigning when Trump does something off the wall

could crater his presidency, and make him an automatic 2020 rival. Trump won't take that risk, his cabinet will be full of sycophants.