{"id":109784,"date":"2016-11-18T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=109784"},"modified":"2016-11-18T12:46:03","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:46:03","slug":"who-should-be-secretary-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=109784","title":{"rendered":"Who Should Be Secretary Of State?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/secretary-of-state-and-the-pugnacious-personality-problem\/\">Comments at Steve Sailer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>* I\u2019ve met a few career Foreign Service officers over the years. The one common trait seems to be a sort of problem-fixing mentality towards the world. I got the impression of a vast diplomatic force that doesn\u2019t seek to secure our interest, smooth any ruffles, and get the hell away from the rest of the world, but rather, looks for nails to hammer down, things to rearrange better, and in general, schemes to embark on.<\/p>\n<p>* Trump\u2019s relationship with the #NeverTrump wing of the GOP should be cordial but distant. Mitt Romney, John Kasich, John McCain, and the Bushes should be on the sidelines and grateful for the opportunity to be there because he could and should just exile them from the party instead. Trump doesn\u2019t need them and as it turns out, neither does the GOP. They\u2019re from a bygone era of the GOP that the public entrusts Trump to move on from, which I believe he will, even if there are a few neocons in his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s up to us to begin building up Trump Republicans\/paleocons who have the experience and connections necessary to fill these prominent roles when they are needed to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comments at Steve Sailer: * I\u2019ve met a few career Foreign Service officers over the years. The one common trait seems to be a sort of problem-fixing mentality towards the world. 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