congressman than anyone else on the trump team, figured this out for himself. whether he heard me say it on tv or not, he figured it out for himself that there s no way that he could get through a senate confirmation. cabinet nominees like nikki haley and mitt romney would probably have smooth confirmation hearings right up until the democrats got to ask questions and ask them about what, if any, contact they have had with steve bannon, who is never going to become old news for opponents of trump white house. joining us now, eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning opinion writer for the washington post and steve schmidt, a republican strategist and msnbc political analyst. steve, it looks like there s a message shift here away from, loyalty is everything. there is. one of the promises that donald trump made during the campaign is that he was going to fill the government with the very best people in the country.
initial rumors indicated that nikki haley might be up for secretary of state, but new reporting from nbc news is she might be up for health and human services or education secretary, which makes a lot more sense for someone with no foreign policy experience. the obama administration confirmed today that the trump transition team has officially authorized individuals to begin receiving briefings and other materials from our transition teams at select agencies. we respect to receive additional names for a wider range of agencies. the trump transition team is now officially represented at the state department and the department of defense, but the trump team has no one at the treasury yet, no one at the department of labor, the commission on civil rights, the national transportation safety board or the office of government ethics or the securities and exchange commission or the social security administration or the commission on international religious freedom. now, i didn t know that the
is that why he met with south carolina governor nikki haley today, after donald trump won her state primary, governor nikki haley said, donald trump is everything we teach our kids not to do in kindergarten. initial rumors indicated that nikki haley might be up for secretary of state, but new reporting from nbc news is she might be up for health and human services or education secretary, which makes a lot more sense for someone with no foreign policy experience. the obama administration confirmed today that the trump transition team has officially authorized individuals to begin receiving briefings and other materials from our transition teams at select agencies. we respect to receive additional names for a wider range of agencies. the trump transition team is now officially represented at the state department and the department of defense, but the trump team has no one at the treasury yet, no one at the department of labor, the commission on civil rights, the national transportation s
might be his secretary of state. i backed mitt romney, i backed him, you can see how loyal he is. he was begging for my endorsement. i could have said, mitt, drop to your knees, he would have dropped to his knees. he was begging. true. true. so, is mitt romney going to have to drop to his knees on sunday? isn t that going to be the first question asked about the meeting after it happens, did mitt romney drop to his knees and does donald trump mean drop to his knees or does donald trump mean is the meeting with mitt romney donald trump s way trying to show that he s not as bad a person as the character he played during the campaign, the character he played for all those gullible voters who believe that mexico is going to pay for the wall? is that why he met with south carolina governor nikki haley today, after donald trump won her state primary, governor nikki haley said, donald trump is everything we teach our kids not to do in kindergarten.
reprimanded by the house ethics committee, because no president has ever been that crazy. we don t know. if donald trump is that crazy, because the most likely scenario here is that newt gingrich, knowing more about the congressman than anyone else on the trump team,ing forring f fit for himself. whether he heard me say it on tv or not, he figured it out for himself that there s no way that he could get through a senate confirmation. cabinet nominees like nikki haley and mitt romney would probably have smooth confirmation hearings right up until the democrats got to ask questions and ask them about what, if any, contact they have had with steve bannon, who is never going to become old news for opponents of trump white house. joining us now, eugene robinson, pulitzer prize winning opinion writer for the washington post and steve schmidt, a republican