3 Juicy Moments From Rex Tillerson's House Foreign Affairs Interview

[DonViejo]

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Here’s a look some of the most revealing quotes.

“A Steep Learning Curve”

While discussing his role in helping craft immigration policy, Tillerson admitted that he was never an expert on immigration law, but he had to go out of his way to make sure Trump understood not just the legal components of crafting immigration policy, but also how the government operates in general.

“And I’m not a lawyer, so let me be clear on that, too, I’m not a lawyer, so it wasn’t fair of me to be giving him legal advice,” he said. “But I knew a bit about immigration laws. And so on occasion I would have to say to him: ‘Well, we can’t do it that way.’ And I think I said, you know, ‘it’s going to get challenged in the court and you’re going to lose, you know.'”

“The President was on a steep learning curve,” he continued. “I mean, he didn’t know a lot of the legal aspects of the immigration laws or certainly other aspects of how the government operates within the congressional law making system and oversight. And so, you know, these were early days when he was doing a lot of learning on it.”

Easily Distracted-In-Chief

Tillerson admitted he learned quickly he had to be intentional when it came to presenting President Trump with new information because Trump would often want to talk about “other things that weren’t — I didn’t know were on the agenda,” Tillerson said, catching himself. He also said he had to make documents “concise” for Trump’s consumption.

“Well, I learned to be much more concise with what I wanted to bring in front of him. Early days I came in with way too much information. And so I got very — it caused me to have to get very, very focused on, you know, what’s the most important thing I want him to remember about this discussion,” he said. “And so sometimes I would use material that I would put in front of him or other times I just tried to be very concise with the points I wanted to make, because I knew he was going to want to talk about a lot of other things that weren’t — that I didn’t know were on the agenda. So it was also trying to make sure that I used the time I had with him well.”

Kushner’s Shady Meetings

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[A HERETIC I AM]

1. In other words.....

"I came from a company where the vast majority of people I dealt with were competent professionals and knew what they were doing, and then I found myself having to deal with an utter fucking moron who just happened to be the President of the United States"

[gldstwmn]

2. There you go. I'm sure it was quite a culture shock

for him but not enough to spill the beans on all of the things he witnessed there.

[lunatica]

3. We mustn't forget he's a friend of Putin and an oilman

He may not like Trump, but he also doesn’t care about us.