Romney dining with Trump is the ultimate real

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Romney dining with Trump is the ultimate real-

Way back in the spring, Mitt Romney called Donald Trump "a fraud" who "lacks the temperament to be president."

What a difference a couple of months makes. On Tuesday night, he was spotted at four-star restaurant Jean Georges in New York City having dinner with the president-elect. (On the menu: frog legs, scallops and sirloin.)

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Romney is in the running to become Trump's secretary of state. The awkwardness of having to dine with a man you once called "a phony" was written all over Romney's face.

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In fact, it brings to mind a certain paper salesman who also had to endure the crude jokes of an oafish man who, somehow, found himself in a position of power.

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The photo of a resigned Romney inspired plenty of other jokes, too.

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Romney having dinner with Trump. It's even more awkward than a stop-and-chat.

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