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Trump, former foe Romney meet amid speculation of possible cabinet post

Xinhua, November 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday met with 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney amid speculation that he may offer the former vocal critic of his candidacy a post in the new cabinet.

After their meeting at Trump's private golf club in New Jersey, Romney told reporters briefly that the discussion was "thorough and in-depth", ignoring questions whether he had been offered a cabinet post.

Instead, Romney called the meeting a "far reaching conversation with regards to the various theaters in the world where there are interests of the United States of real significance."

Besides Romney, Trump was scheduled to meet a long list of people Saturday afternoon in a bid to interview potential nominees for future cabinet and seek advice ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017.

During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Romney was a leader of the "Never Trump" movement launched by establishment Republicans who sought in vain to derail Trump's inroad into the Republican presidential nomination. Enditem