It's not Mitt.

After a reality show-esque, "will he, won't he" dance, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pass on appointing former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney Secretary of State. That's according to multiple reports out Saturday, including from the New York Times.

There and elsewhere, reporters cite sources who say Rex Tillerson is the expected pick, while noting it is unofficial and Trump could yet change his mind. Tillerson is the CEO of Exxon Mobil with close business ties to Russia. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, friends and associates said "no U.S. citizen was closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin than Tillerson."

Trump's apparent decision to pass on Romney is perhaps less surprising than their initial flirtation with the cabinet post.

There's ordinary campaign rhetoric, and then there was Romney and Trump.