Fmr. Romney Advisor: ’He Made a Lot of Foreign Policy Calls in 2011’ that He’s Been ‘Vindicated’ On

RUSH TRANSCRIPT DOOCY narration ░░░░░░░░ had a wonderful evening ░░░░░░░░ President Elect Trump We ░░░░░░░░ another discussion about affairs ░░░░░░░░ the world and these ░░░░░░░░ I ve had with ░░░░░░░░ have been enlightening and ░░░░░░░░ and engaging I ve ░░░░░░░░ them very very much ░░░░░░░░ What a difference nine ░░░░░░░░ can make Romney once ░░░░░░░░ of the future president ░░░░░░░░ on a short list ░░░░░░░░ down to five for ░░░░░░░░ of state So what ░░░░░░░░ going on behind the ░░░░░░░░ Here to weigh in ░░░░░░░░ Brian hook Brian is ░░░░░░░░ former senior adviser on ░░░░░░░░ policy to Mitt Romney ░░░░░░░░ 2012 campaign He joins ░░░░░░░░ from our nation s ░░░░░░░░ Good morning to you ░░░░░░░░ Good morning DOOCY Let ░░░░░░░░ go back Nine months ░░░░░░░░ you ve known pl ░░░░░░░░ Mitt Romney pretty well ░░░░░░░░ months ago when he ░░░░░░░░ trying to blow up ░░░░░░░░ Trump nobody could figure ░░░░░░░░ why he was trying ░░░░░░░░ do that That guy ░░░░░░░░ a lot different than ░░░░░░░░ one who exited the ░░░░░░░░ two nights ago HOOK ░░░░░░░░ think there s a ░░░░░░░░ history in America of ░░░░░░░░ appointing their chief critics ░░░░░░░░ you don t have ░░░░░░░░ look any further than ░░░░░░░░ Reagan for that He ░░░░░░░░ a difficult primary with ░░░░░░░░ Bush and he named ░░░░░░░░ as vice president and ░░░░░░░░ Obama brought on Hillary ░░░░░░░░ as secretary of state ░░░░░░░░ can go back to ░░░░░░░░ bray ham Abraham Lincoln ░░░░░░░░ examples of bringing in ░░░░░░░░ cabinet your rivals DOOCY ░░░░░░░░ s a saying in ░░░░░░░░ it s nothing personal ░░░░░░░░ s just business So ░░░░░░░░ they put their personal ░░░░░░░░ animosity aside for the ░░░░░░░░ of the country that ░░░░░░░░ terrific Meanwhile what do ░░░░░░░░ think Brian is going ░░░░░░░░ behind the scenes What ░░░░░░░░ you think happened at ░░░░░░░░ dinner the other night ░░░░░░░░ at midtown Manhattan HOOK ░░░░░░░░ accounts by both sides ░░░░░░░░ was a very good ░░░░░░░░ productive dinner They were ░░░░░░░░ more extensive after his ░░░░░░░░ meeting I think that ░░░░░░░░ a real good sign ░░░░░░░░ a deepening relationship They ░░░░░░░░ both businessmen and Donald ░░░░░░░░ has a lot of ░░░░░░░░ for what I think ░░░░░░░░ Romney accomplished at bane ░░░░░░░░ and I think when ░░░░░░░░ s considering the qualities ░░░░░░░░ he wants in a ░░░░░░░░ of state they match ░░░░░░░░ very well with Mitt ░░░░░░░░ DOOCY A lot of ░░░░░░░░ think Mitt Romney he ░░░░░░░░ the Olympics he was ░░░░░░░░ governor of the Commonwealth ░░░░░░░░ Massachusetts but he doesn ░░░░░░░░ have much international experience ░░░░░░░░ then again when you ░░░░░░░░ about what he did ░░░░░░░░ 2012 when he was ░░░░░░░░ for president he was ░░░░░░░░ about just about everything ░░░░░░░░ would happen in the ░░░░░░░░ HOOK Well that s ░░░░░░░░ right He made a ░░░░░░░░ of foreign policy calls ░░░░░░░░ 2011 that have all ░░░░░░░░ vindicated He was right ░░░░░░░░ Iraq and Syria and ░░░░░░░░ as a geopolitical threat ░░░░░░░░ he was right about ░░░░░░░░ expanding terrorism in West ░░░░░░░░ and Mali He s ░░░░░░░░ consistently good judgment DOOCY ░░░░░░░░ thank you very much ░░░░░░░░ giving us your point ░░░░░░░░ view.”