Mitt Romney Hails Endorsement From Glorious Leader

February 20, 2018 Idiocracy, Politics

The strained – and often strange — relationship between President Trump and Mitt Romney just added another layer of complexity: In a tweet on Monday, the president endorsed Romney to fill the U.S. Senate seat left open by the retirement of Utah’s Orrin Hatch.

In a famously scathing speech delivered in the midst of the presidential campaign in March 2016, the former Massachusetts governor who ran unsuccessfully against President Obama in 2012 called Trump a “con man” whose promises are “as worthless as a degree from Trump University.”

Romney said Trump was playing Americans “for suckers” and predicted that he would never release his tax returns as promised because “He has too much to hide.” Trump returned the sentiment, saying that in the 2012 election, Romney had “choked, no different than a golfer that misses a putt on the 18th hole.”

.@MittRomney has announced he is running for the Senate from the wonderful State of Utah. He will make a great Senator and worthy successor to @OrrinHatch, and has my full support and endorsement!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2018

Thank you Mr. President for the support. I hope that over the course of the campaign I also earn the support and endorsement of the people of Utah.

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) February 20, 2018