By Chris Cillizza November 17 at 3:59 PM
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NBC News: Source close to Trump with direct knowledge of his thinking confirms Sunday's meeting with Romney is to discuss Secretary of State
2:05 PM - 17 Nov 2016
Mitt Romney, the face — and voice — of the resistance to Donald Trump in the Republican primary and the general election, will huddle with the president-elect over the weekend to talk about possibly serving as the nation’s top diplomat.
It’s possible, of course, that this meeting is solely for show. After all, Trump isn’t exactly someone who forgives and forgets. And Romney has significant policy disagreements with the president-elect — most notably in how they view Russia. (Romney has said Russia is “our number one geopolitical foe.” Trump has, um, not.)
Plus, the Trump transition team seems committed to floating every person who has ever been a Republican of any renown as a potential Cabinet appointee. (You can keep track of the various names and slots here.) Philip Bump got it right with this diagram:
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