In An Abrupt About-Face, Romney Emerges From Dinner With Trump Full Of Frog Legs And High Praise

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They talked for more than two hours, they laughed, they munched on carefully prepared frog legs, and afterward, Mitt Romney, once one of Donald Trump’s harshest critics, emerged a changed man.

“I had a wonderful evening with President-elect Trump,” the former Massachusetts governor declared to the press after a final course of chocolate cake. “We had another discussion about affairs throughout the world, and these discussions I’ve had with him have been enlightening, and interesting and engaging.”

“What I’ve seen through these discussions I’ve had with President-elect Trump, as well as what we’ve seen in his speech the night of his victory, as well as the people he’s selected as part of his transition, all of those things combined give me increasing hope that President-elect Trump is the very man who can lead us to that better future,” he added.

It was almost as if Romney had not been one of Trump’s leading detractors, calling him a “con man,” a “fake” and a “phony” who was unprepared for the presidency.

“His domestic policies would lead to recession,” Romney had declared in a speech eviscerating Trump in March. “His foreign policies would make America and the world less safe.

“He has neither the temperament nor the judgment to be president and his personal qualities would mean that America would cease to be a shining city on a hill,” he added.

But now, with Trump assembling his Cabinet, Romney has improbably found himself on a short list of candidates to serve as secretary of state.

The second meeting of the two men, this time in the dimly lit dining room of Jean-Georges restaurant inside of Trump International Hotel & Tower New York, was the most public show of rapprochement yet. As they entered the room, patrons applauded. Minutes into the meal, as Trump and Romney (both abstainers) sipped on their wine glasses of water, members of the traveling press pool were allowed in the room for a photo-op.

Concern from some within Trump’s circle that Romney lacked the requisite loyalty to be considered for the critical position of chief diplomat has spilled out into the open for days.

Emerging from the dinner, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee seemed to address those concerns, noting pointedly that Trump had done something he had been unable to do: win.

“By the way, it’s not easy, winning,” Romney said. “I know that myself. He did something I tried to do and was unsuccessful in. He won the general election.”

The man who Romney once denounced as divisive and dangerous now carries a “message of inclusion and bringing people together.”

Trump seemed please. Upon leaving the dinner, he was asked by CNN’s Jim Acosta whether Romney might be his next secretary of state.

He replied: “Well we’re gonna see what happens.”

(c) 2016, The Washington Post · Abby Phillip 

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7 COMMENTS

  1. im impressed with Trump. this shows a great strength of character. i would never be able to look at this guy after all he has said and done, and yet Trump moves on for the better success of his mission. kol hakavod

  2. Sorry Romney is an upstanding gentleman and not like Kerry who had the swift boats scandal and Kerry has many who dispise his haughty attitude.

  3. Romney is a whiny, sniveling snot who has no loyalty to anyone but himself as displayed by his attack on the Republican nominee for President Donald Trump. He has poor judgment and is just plain wishy-washy.

    Rudy Giuliani has great connections with many world leaders but little experience relevant to the position of Secretary of State.

    General David Petraeus was a great Army leader and also served as CIA Director. He defied protocol more than once by having an affair and divulging secret information and by helping a Lebenese woman (Arab) who had some type of problem. He pleaded guilty, was placed on probation and fined $100,000.00. He and Hillary have similar problems when it comes to ethics and national security. Too much baggage,

    Senator Bob Corker added the “Corker” rule to the Iran deal which made it easier for the Senate to pass the Iran Nuclear deal. Bad Judgement.

    Newt Gingrich would probably be his best choice for Secretary of State with John Bolton coming in a close second.

    • Very well put.
      I would have John Bolton as my #1 pick. Unfortunately this is all a mute point as Trump has made up his mind with Mittens already.

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