Nein, nein, nein?
Missed opportunity if Trump follows through on this. He should name Cain ambassador to Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan instead.
What’s the White House’s goal in leaking that Cain is under consideration? It’s not going to happen, after all. If McConnell hasn’t already privately vetoed this hypothetical appointment, he will soon.
Former presidential candidate and Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain is under consideration for a Federal Reserve governorship, CNBC has confirmed.
Cain, 73, is a former chairman of the Kansas City Fed, having served at the bank from 1989-96 before leaving to pursue political activities full time.
Cain met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the White House, where he was escorted by National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow, CNBC’s Eamon Javers confirmed.
In true Herman Cain style, the prospective nominee confirmed to WaPo that he met with Trump yesterday:
Asked for comment on whether he is being considered for the post in an interview, Cain made a play on his famous tax proposal and said, “None-None-None.”
He confirmed, though, that he was at the White House.
“It’s hard to miss a six-foot black man in a black hat walking out of the White House,” he said.
The temptation is to assume that Trump is once again falling back on people he knows in conservative media to fill a vacancy he’s had trouble addressing. Cain would be an unusual pick too in that Fed governors typically come from academia or the Treasury Department, not the business class.
