Question about Trump and Romney

[Lincoln Republican]

If Trump wins the Presidency, is there any possibility that Donald Trump would offer the office of Secretary of the Treasury to Mitt Romney?

Please discuss.

[Illiniwek]

He has absolutely no reason or incentive to reward Romney, nor would Romney be interested in working under him. Its a hard "not gonna happen."

[Yank2133]

No and I think Mitt has enough self-respect to not associate himself with this clown.

[ag]

Secretary of the Treasury under Trump will be the most thankless job since the Attorney General under Nixon. Nobody in their right mind would take it.

[President Johnson]

No, after what Willard has done, there's no way. Sure he would put in a businessman for this job. Certainly better than a political hack.

[PeteB]

No, for two reasons.

1. Trump is too petty to forget Romney's "disloyalty" and would not want to do it.
2. Romney is too bright not to see that Trump is an insecure micromanager, who would either undermine the Treasury's decisions or just outright fire the Secretary, when it suits him politically.

On top of it, there are many better options for Treasury than Romney.

[Lincoln Republican]

No, for two reasons.

1. Trump is too petty to forget Romney's "disloyalty" and would not want to do it.
2. Romney is too bright not to see that Trump is an insecure micromanager, who would either undermine the Treasury's decisions or just outright fire the Secretary, when it suits him politically.

On top of it, there are many better options for Treasury than Romney.

My line of reasoning is along the lines of Lincoln's Team of Rivals concept.

But I do agree with  you on your points 1 and 2, but I disagree with your statement that begins

On top of it

[Mr. Morden]

My line of reasoning is along the lines of Lincoln's Team of Rivals concept.

Did Lincoln's team of rivals consist of people who refused to support him in the general election once he'd won the nomination?

[ag]

Any Treasury Secretary that Trump will not fire fast will wind up in prison. Why would anybody want the job?

[Lincoln Republican]

My line of reasoning is along the lines of Lincoln's Team of Rivals concept.

Did Lincoln's team of rivals consist of people who refused to support him in the general election once he'd won the nomination?

He did appoint Seward to State, Chase to Treasury, Bates to Justice, who were all  rivals for the nomination.

So there are similarities.

But I agree, if Trump offered, Romney would not accept.

[Fargobison]

Last I heard he wanted to make a former Goldman Sachs executive the Treasury Secretary.

[Mr. Morden]

My line of reasoning is along the lines of Lincoln's Team of Rivals concept.

Did Lincoln's team of rivals consist of people who refused to support him in the general election once he'd won the nomination?

He did appoint Seward to State, Chase to Treasury, Bates to Justice, who were all  rivals for the nomination.

But didn't all of them support Lincoln in the general election once he was the nominee?  Romney is the opposite of them in both respects: He didn't run against Trump for the nomination, but he did refuse to endorse Trump in the general election.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

My line of reasoning is along the lines of Lincoln's Team of Rivals concept.

Did Lincoln's team of rivals consist of people who refused to support him in the general election once he'd won the nomination?

I think the more relevant question is "was Lincoln a petty, ignorant vulgarian with a taste for fascism and the morals of  a rabid hyena?"

[Lincoln Republican]

My line of reasoning is along the lines of Lincoln's Team of Rivals concept.

Did Lincoln's team of rivals consist of people who refused to support him in the general election once he'd won the nomination?

He did appoint Seward to State, Chase to Treasury, Bates to Justice, who were all  rivals for the nomination.

But didn't all of them support Lincoln in the general election once he was the nominee?  Romney is the opposite of them in both respects: He didn't run against Trump for the nomination, but he did refuse to endorse Trump in the general election.

I did say there were similarities, Seward, Chase, Bates tried to defeat Lincoln for the nomination, but did support him afterwards, whereas Romney worked for the defeat of Trump for the nomination, though of course Romney was not a candidate himself, but indeed Romney did not support Trump in the election. So true.

Similarities but obvious differences as well.