Is Trump eyeing PM critic for State?
US LAWMAKER Dana Rohrabacher, who once said “Hun Sen is a corrupt, vicious human being” and described the premier as one of the “leaders of the Cambodian genocide”, is being considered for the role of US secretary of state by presidentelect Donald Trump, a report said yesterday.
The article, published in the “Washington Secrets” political gossip column in the conservative-leaning Washington Examiner newspaper, said an anonymous source had named Rohrabacher – a known Trump backer – as a contender to replace current Secretary John Kerry as America’s top diplomat.
“With confirmation concerns increasing for presidentelect Trump’s top two picks to run the State Department, Rudy Giuliani and John Bolton, top officials are now considering California Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a top House foreign policy expert,” the column said.
It did not offer more details about the source or about how seriously Rohrabacher was being considered. It said only that his name had been put forward after concerns emerged that Giuliani and Bolton could face trouble being confirmed by some Senate Republicans.
Rohrabacher, whose congressional district has many Cambodians, had been floated as a possible vice president for Trump, with a Salon columnist in July calling the CONTINUED