Tillerson remains on thin ice in Trump WH, sources say
Source: CNN
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's future in the Trump administration is looking increasingly uncertain, an administration source tells CNN.
"I would say the ice continues to thin," the source said. "The question is when does it actually break."
During a Sunday interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," Tillerson maintained that he's fully committed to the job. He said he wouldn't dignify confirming or denying reports indicating that he called President Donald Trump a "moron" in a private conversation with fellow US officials following a meeting with the President at the Pentagon. While Tillerson has repeatedly declined to flatly deny using the insult to describe Trump, Heather Nauert, a State Department spokeswoman, has denied Tillerson ever called the President a "moron."
When the "moron" story became public, Health & Human Services Secretary Tom Price had just resigned over his private jet use on the federal government's dime. Senior Republican sources say Tillerson wasn't axed then because White House chief of staff John Kelly didn't want to reinforce the "chaos" theme surrounding the high turnover rate within the administration.
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C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)And Rex won't get away with calling out the fucking moron for what he is.
Clearly, Trump's a fucking asshole too.
JI7
(89,252 posts)Unless he leaves in his own
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Once they find a new SoS Tillerson will be gone. I've read that Nicki Haley wants the job but they won't give it to her. Probably too much power for a woman, there's no way a woman could handle a job like that.
Let's just ask Madeleine Albright or Hillary Clinton for their opinion. Oh that's right.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Tillerson will be gone by years end or maybe sooner.
bagelsforbreakfast
(1,427 posts)of backroom Russian oil deals going on to stick with this cr*p.
unblock
(52,253 posts)namely, to spread the story out over time.
well, at least in theory, he should have cleaned house quickly and then insisted no one quit for the next year or so.
but, of course, donnie can't keep people because he's such a disaster. getting this bad story out and done with and put into the past is not an option because he's an ongoing disaster.
in other words, he *is* chaos, he can't help but reinforce that theme.