Trump reportedly considering Mitt Romney for secretary of state

<p>As President-elect Donald Trump searches to staff up his new administration, his transition team is casting a pretty wide net.</p><p>Case in point, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/politics/trump-transition-meetings-abe/" target="_blank">CNN reports</a> Trump is planning to meet with Mitt Romney over the weekend.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/meet-america-s-new-first-family-the-trumps/">Meet America's New First Family: The Trumps</a></b></p><p>"Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University," Romney said <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xd3kr-QpeM" target="_blank">during a speech</a>.</p><p>Yeah, that guy.</p><p>Romney has been one of Trump's fiercest GOP critics since the Republican primaries, saying his candidacy was doomed to fail. Romney didn't endorse Trump before Election Day, though he did call to congratulate Trump after his victory.</p><p>An NBC reporter says the meeting might put Romney <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/799342956637462528" target="_blank">up for consideration</a> as Trump's secretary of state. If true, Romney would be the latest GOP critic Trump's team has courted for a Cabinet position.</p><p>South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38017449" target="_blank">another potential candidate</a> for secretary of state. During the GOP primary, she repeatedly backed Trump's political rivals over him and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nikki-haley-donald-trump-rhetoric_us_57510120e4b0c3752dcd41c7" target="_blank">cautioned Trump</a> about his divisive rhetoric.</p><p>And <a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsflKl64YwE" target="_blank">Texas Sen. Ted Cruz</a> was one of the last presidential candidates left standing against Trump. He <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/ted-cruz-republican-convention-moment/" target="_blank">infamously refused</a> to endorse him until late in the election season.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-11-16/ted-cruz-said-to-be-considered-by-trump-for-attorney-general" target="_blank">Bloomberg reports</a> Cruz might get the attorney general job, after two of Trump's other contenders — former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — were taken <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/trumps-strange-short-list-of-attorney-general-candidates.html" target="_blank">out of the running</a>.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/ben-carson-turns-down-position-in-trump-administration/">Ben Carson Isn't Interested In Joining The Trump Administration</a></b></p><p>Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry also went up against Trump during the GOP primaries, and he's <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/306499-rick-perry-considered-for-energy-secretary-report" target="_blank">now being tapped</a> to head the Department of Energy. That's the agency Perry infamously forgot the name of during a 2011 debate.</p><p>"The third one. I can't, sorry. Oops," Perry said <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/45233363" target="_blank">after forgetting</a> the Department of Energy's name on stage.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/us-director-of-intelligence-james-clapper-resigns/">US Director Of Intelligence Expresses Threat Concerns Before Resigning</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/meet-america-s-new-first-family-the-trumps/">Meet America's New First Family: The Trumps</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/115th-congress-will-be-most-racially-diverse-in-us-history/">The Upcoming Congress Is The Most Racially Diverse In US History</a></li></ul>