Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), who would likely oversee the confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s secretary of state nominee as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, said on Thursday that the President-elect “approaches things with an exclamation point” and so needs a secretary of state to “complement” his style.
During an interview on MSNBC, Corker said it would not be appropriate for him to “handicap” potential nominees since he’s likely to oversee the confirmation process. Host Andrea Mitchell then asked what qualities Corker is looking for in a secretary of state nominee, noting that Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley have all been floated as candidates.
Corker said that Trump needs someone to balance him out.
“We have a president who, let’s face it, approaches things with an exclamation point. I mean, when he does it, he does it in a big way,” the senator said. “And I think what might be good is someone to complement that and to be able to pragmatically go about making things happen in the kind of way that furthers our country’s national interest.”
He also said that the nominee to lead the State Department should have foreign policy experience.
Calling Trump cray-cray already?
Careful, Corker. My guess is Trump thinks “complement” means “compliment.”
Well, if foreign policy experience is gonna be the dealbreaker, then I guess we’re talking about freaks from the Bush maladministration?
Who knew Corker was such a fine wordsmith?
We’ll find out for sure when Trump types his tweets later.