That’s basically the Press Secretary, but I think that would be a downgrade in job title from DOT Secretary for him. He would kick ass at that job though.
See, the convenient thing about the UN post is that, even though it’s prestigious, it’s also not of much consequence because America doesn’t care about the UN.
No faster way to ensure he’ll never be President than running the State Department. There were six people who went from Secretary of State to President. The last one was Buchanan in 1857, before the invention of radio, television, and internet computing.
The world is much smaller now, and it’s near impossible to consistently make decisions that align with the majority of Americans while protecting America’s international alliances and interests.
Honestly, appointing him to another position at all might doom his presidential aspirations. He kind of needs to be elected to something beyond mayor to show he’s got the ability to win a campaign.
I think I’ve heard this suggestion before. If we had a leaderly and charismatic secretary of state, with the global influences on American politics, and the world being as small as you’ve described, it might just as easily be the perfect route to office. What a better office to showcase how you’d run the country than sec state? I just think your sample size is too small for the conclusion. It’s more about the candidate then that particular office, imo.
It’s a sharp observation that democracy imposes a time penalty on foreign affairs; like, at that stage–diplomacy, war–it’s very serious business, and the public isn’t always going to have the a full appreciation of the sums, especially when it concerns long-term geopolitics. Despite that, there’s a public referendum every four years. So initiatives as to affairs of state have a correlation between how fast they must work and how popular they have to be. Or, third option, they must be secret.
I hope she keeps Buttigieg.
Secretary of Owning Fox News
That’s basically the Press Secretary, but I think that would be a downgrade in job title from DOT Secretary for him. He would kick ass at that job though.
What would he do exactly? He’s had a hell of a lot of problems as DOT lead.
The same thing he’s currently doing: fail at his actual job but still be celebrated for being good at pointing out the obvious about fascists 😮💨
Create a new “Department of Calling Out Bullshit”, problem solved
On the one hand, hell yeah!
On the other hand, John Oliver or Jon Stewart would probably be better at that…
I thought his job was being a non-threatening gay man.
You know, he has to be gay, but not in any way that a straight person might be too uncomfortable with. It’s not easy.
She’ll probably promote him to another position he’s even more unqualified for. The do-nothing secretary of sound bytes can’t stop failing upwards.
If he’s good at verbal exchange but not so good at governing, maybe Harris could try making him a diplomat.
Maybe he could be US Ambassador to the United Nations, like Nikki Haley was. He wouldn’t even have to leave the United States that way.
Would probably be much better at something in the WH press room since that requires ONLY what he’s actually good at, unlike a diplomatic position.
Too bad that going from a cabinet secretary to a WH staffer would be so insulting as to be unthinkable lol.
On second thought though, as long as there’s a competent secretary of state to guide him, he might not fuck up TOO much at the UN…
See, the convenient thing about the UN post is that, even though it’s prestigious, it’s also not of much consequence because America doesn’t care about the UN.
Pete for SecState!
No faster way to ensure he’ll never be President than running the State Department. There were six people who went from Secretary of State to President. The last one was Buchanan in 1857, before the invention of radio, television, and internet computing.
The world is much smaller now, and it’s near impossible to consistently make decisions that align with the majority of Americans while protecting America’s international alliances and interests.
Honestly, appointing him to another position at all might doom his presidential aspirations. He kind of needs to be elected to something beyond mayor to show he’s got the ability to win a campaign.
Might be worth it then, as long as he’s replaced by someone actually qualified quickly enough.
I think I’ve heard this suggestion before. If we had a leaderly and charismatic secretary of state, with the global influences on American politics, and the world being as small as you’ve described, it might just as easily be the perfect route to office. What a better office to showcase how you’d run the country than sec state? I just think your sample size is too small for the conclusion. It’s more about the candidate then that particular office, imo.
It’s a sharp observation that democracy imposes a time penalty on foreign affairs; like, at that stage–diplomacy, war–it’s very serious business, and the public isn’t always going to have the a full appreciation of the sums, especially when it concerns long-term geopolitics. Despite that, there’s a public referendum every four years. So initiatives as to affairs of state have a correlation between how fast they must work and how popular they have to be. Or, third option, they must be secret.