Well, that was a bust. NATO rescheduled their meeting

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

to accommodate Tillerson - and Tillerson stayed for only four hours and left before the meeting was over. He was not accompanied by any undersecretaries - because there aren't any - or by members of the press. Looks like he just pressed the flesh for a little while and then bailed without giving interviews.

That really looked awesome for the U.S.

Andrea Mitchell was able to get an interview with Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Sec. Gen., but she can't get one with our own Secretary of State.

[SummerSnow]

1. And don't look him in the eyes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I wonder if Stoltenberg was allowed to look at him?

[egold2604]

4. or give him food or water after midnight

[COLGATE4]

3. I had the misfortune to work very closely with a CEO

of a major energy corporation who was very (very) much like Tillerson. He was an 18K, gold-plated, dyed-in-the-wool genuine honest-to-God asshole. I suspect also very much like Tillerson.