Tillerson/White House at odds over Ivanka trip

[Takket]

Me thinks Rex has figured out the best way to get out of this failed administration with his dignity in tact is to be fired........

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/24/politics/rex-tillerson-ivanka-trump-india-trip/index.html

(CNN)Days ahead of what should be a major moment for Ivanka Trump on the world stage, CNN has learned Secretary of State Rex Tillerson isn't sending a high-level delegation to support her amid reports of tensions between Tillerson and the White House.
Multiple State Department officials, as well as a source close to the White House, have told CNN Tillerson's decision not to send senior State Department officials to this year's Global Entrepreneurship Summit, being held in India next week, is not related to his key project of slashing the Department's budget, and is more to do with the fact Ivanka Trump is leading the US delegation this year. Trump was invited by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June, and this year's theme is supporting women entrepreneurs.
The State Department puts on the large yearly event, which Secretary of State John Kerry and even President Obama attended multiple times. But this year, according to one senior State Department official: "No one higher than the deputy assistant secretary is allowed to participate. The secretary and his top staff have insisted on approving all travel-- even the most minute details."

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[Fred Sanders]

1. Remember when cronyism was a bad thing and only for tinpot dictatorships?

Making Despotism Great Again

[Vinca]

2. Hey, Ivanka wants to visit the children making her shoes.

[sarah FAILIN]

4. No, she fired them

African children only charge a fraction of what Indian children do.
Maybe the Indians are trying to get that lucrative contract back...2 bucks a day buys a lot of rice.

[JI7]

3. Trump needs Putin's Permission to Fire him

So it could also be that he feels safe.

[UTUSN]

5. Since he's gutting the State dept, he doesn't have "senior State Dept officials" to spare