going to go to him, then maybe the thing you do is say, well, i m withdrawn. it s too late now. he s halfway down the diving board. newt gingrich that s a good way of putting it. newt gingrich is one of trump s senior advisers who s been trashing mitt romney very publicly. are they lobbying or is he getting a message to the boss or are they all getting a message to the boss? what s going on here? he didn t hold back. he certainly didn t hold back. one thing we know about donald trump and he s been very hard to understand is donald trump watches cable television, that donald trump pays attention to the media. and if you re trying to get donald trump s attention, where best to do that than on the stage with newt gingrich. the fact of the matter is, as you ve said, there s a lot of hatery from newt gingrich. you have to wonder if their sour grapes there as well because he was somebody mentioned early on for a number of cabinet posts
preston, david gergen and david madden. good evening to you. kevin, you first. donald trump and mitt romney had this dinner and there were still four finalists far from a lock for mitt romney. you know him well. why does he want this job so badly to be part of the trump administration, given all of the bad blood and attacks coming from trump s inner circle? well, again, i think his interest is driven by a sense of duty. i think that he believes that he has insights to offer on a lot of the foreign policy and national security challenges that this administration will face and that he can offer some experience and wisdom in that regard and he s pledged, like many others interested in his cabinet, to help this president-elect enact his agenda and that would be, again, a guiding force for him as well as
drive and says, we need a little sucking up here. okay. you have never seen a serious adult seen a serious adult who s wealthy, independent and i m confident that he thinks now donald trump is one of his closest friends, that they have so much many things in common and they are wise, brilliant people and i m sure last night at an elegant three-star restaurant in new york, that mitt was fully at home, happy to share his vision of populism and his superb cooking but it was done in a populist, happy manner. he was drinking a lot of hatery right there. my goodness. newt, why don t you say how you really feel. my question is this. if romney doesn t get this job now, who is it romney or trump
he promises to explain in this first long-awaited news conference as president-elect that s set for december 15. let s get right to cnn s politics executive editor mark preston, david gergen, ari fleischer and kevin madden. good evening to you. kevin, you first. donald trump and mitt romney had this dinner and there were still four finalists far from a lock for mitt romney. you know him well. why does he want this job so badly to be part of the trump administration, given all of the bad blood and attacks coming from trump s inner circle? well, again, i think his interest is driven by a sense of duty. i think that he believes that he has insights to offer on a lot of the foreign policy and national security challenges that this administration will
there s a scene in pretty women where richard gere goes up to the salesman on rodeo drive and says, we need a little sucking up here. okay. you have never seen a serious adult seen a serious adult who s wealthy, independent and i m confident that he thinks now donald trump is one of his closest friends, that they have so much many things in common and they are wise, brilliant people and i m sure last night at an elegant three-star restaurant in new york, that mitt was fully at home, happy to share his vision of populism and his superb cooking but it was done in a populist, happy manner. he was drinking a lot of hatery right there. my goodness. newt, why don t you say how you really feel. my question is this. if romney doesn t get this job now, who is it romney or trump