Widening as i speak, with new names added on like a traffic lineup in manhattan. Theres still no indication that donald trump is anywhere near to making one of the key decisions of his presidency, who will serve as his chief diplomat. Vice President Elect mike pence ran through some of the top contenders yesterday. I think everyone that hes talked to and has been talked about, whether it be a Rudy Giuliani or mitt romney or General Petraeus or senator corker or john bolten, and others, bring extraordinary background and qualities to this. Nbc news reports that several new names have been added to that list, even if they remain outside contenders. The associated press, meanwhile, is reporting that prospects of Rudy Giuliani and mitt romney, they say, are fading. The new names include jon huntsman, who was critical of trump during the campaign, but who wasnt also reportedly in the mix, ceo of exxonmobil, rex the bulk of the time was with the President Elect, donald trump. I found it an
of what trump has done, they ll all be howling like banshees. going on tv and saying china will you investigate my political opponent is wrong, it s a mistake. it was shocking in my opinion for the president to do so and a mistake for him to do so. i can t imagine coming to a different point of view. we certainly can t have presidents asking foreign countries to provide something of political value. that is, after all, against the law. so that is the kind of thing that would go completely against mitt romney s grain and frankly against the grain of a lot of senators if they had the guts to speak out. yeah. i think so. i m not sure what else the president has to do, get in a hamburgler outfit and take the nuclear codes to putin on the front line of the white house. the republicans are frustrated but they feel check mate politically. they tell me, i don t think a
versus some of the 2020 hopefuls, i don t think this is a big story. i don t think tulsi is going to be a big contender. it wasn t a big story until hillary clinton addressed it and made it about gabbard. i d quarrel with big. i think it s a story. the president in this ongoing q and a in the cabinet room has just said that his being impeached is a foregone conclusion. we ll wait for that tape to arrive any moment. thank you both so very much. coming up, the mitts are off. what s behind utah republican senator mitt romney s liberation from the party line as he becomes one of the president s most vocal critics? vocal critis day 23. i m about to capture proof of the ivory billed woodpecker. what??? no, no no no no.
is mitt romney sort of the canary in the coal mine here? no. i think mitt actually has the courage, which seems to be rather lacking sadly in our senate caucus to sound like a lot of senators sound privately. he s been consistent about his doubts about donald trump. now things have kind of hit a boiling point, because not only of the ukrainian mess where the president clearly abused the power of his office for his own political interests, but this disaster in northern syria with the be trtrayal of the kurds. i think frustration with trump is growing, but the political realities of at least the perceived strength trump has in the republican primary electorate has most of these senators being very silent. if a democrat had done one-fifth
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