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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: HAPPY2BME on December 13, 2016, 12:31:30 AM
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President-elect Donald Trump has told Mitt Romney he will not be tapped for secretary of state, a Bloomberg political reporter tweeted Monday night.
Scoop: Trump called Romney to tell him he's not getting post, I'm told.
Pres-elect expressed nothing but respect for him in recent days.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) December 13, 2016
According to Bloomberg, Trump called the former Massachusetts governor Monday to tell him he was not getting the job.
The decision leaves Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson as the leading contender, Bloomberg reported, noting Trump praised him during his Fox News interview Sunday.
Bloomberg, citing an unnamed source, said Trump is likely to offer Tillerson the post.
Trump tweeted he will announce his decision Tuesday.
I will be making my announcement on the next Secretary of State tomorrow morning.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2016
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/secretary-state-transition-nomination/2016/12/12/id/763571/
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By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MAGGIE HABERMANDEC. 12, 2016
Trump Picks Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., as Secretary of State
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump settled Monday on Rex W. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, to be his secretary of state, transition officials said. In naming him, the president-elect is dismissing bipartisan concerns that Mr. Tillerson, the globe-trotting leader of an energy giant, has a too-cozy relationship with Vladimir V. Putin, the president of Russia.
Mr. Trump planned to announce the selection on Tuesday morning, bringing to an end his public and chaotic deliberations over the nation’s top diplomat — a process that at times veered from rewarding Rudolph W. Giuliani, one of his most loyal supporters, to musing about whether Mitt Romney, one of his most vicious critics, might be forgiven.
Instead, Mr. Trump has decided to risk what looks to be a bruising confirmation fight in the Senate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-trump.html?_r=2
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It was fun to see the asshole Romney grovel. Trump has a wonderful sense of humor.