Watching that statement I can’t imagine that he will be SOS. He struggles to be complimentary of the President-Elect. The biggest indicator that he didn’t work Make America Great Again into his statement. That’s the sense I got, I’ll be surprised if he is the SOS. We’ll see
You nailed it. His "praise" danced around the actual persona of President-Elect Trump. He found it extremely awkward to praise Trump in precisely those areas in which he vilified him (which included almost everything);ergo, his dance.
All Romney will have to do is to Bain Capital the State Department. All of the actual foreign policy will be run from the Whitehouse.
“Watching that statement I can’t imagine that he will be SOS. He struggles to be complimentary of the President-Elect.”
I got the same impression - the words were strained, carefully chosen, definitely not glowing.