He did announce that, which means that his days are numbered. That’s been the pattern with respect to the administration, at least. Didn’t someone just note that being referred to with mild compliment (“smart guy”, “good man”, etc.) by Trump usually was followed by a firing or resignation?
Ah fantasies. Where would you be without them.
Happily living in a country where Trump never existed?
That’s delusion.
My guess? End of business day today. Friday at the latest.
Remember the “moron” comment and resignation threat came last summer, and was followed by Pence talking him down. There is nothing new here.
But eventually there will be.
Be on the alert for the tell-tale call: “We’ll make a decision on Rex later on, but Rex is a great guy.” You hear that, you may as well start piling your shit into a file box and hauling it out to your car.
What’s new is that we all know about it. It embarrasses Donald. Donald cannot stand insults any more than he can take criticism. Trainrex’s refusal to deny what he said will not be tolerated.
The funny part is, I was unaware of it until Tillerson called his press conference to let us know that he would not tell us whether or not he called Trump a moron this past summer.
Thanks Rex! Would not have known about it without you!
Preferably confidential unclassified shit that can be flung back at the source.
NBC got the leak from “senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.” But why leak it now? Somebody has a long knife out, pointed at Tillerson’s back.
Don’t worry, Rex. Sarah Sanders says the White House still has full confidence in you!
I have mixed feelings about Tillerson. He has no business being Secretary of State, and anyone who agrees to join the Trump administration gets no sympathy from me. But, he does seem to be a grownup, and I think he was trying avoid conflict with the DPRK. He doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing, but at least he doesn’t seem to be a belligerent dumbshit.
I doubt there’s a member of Trump’s coterie that hasn’t called him a moron— if not aloud, then implicit in a surreptitious roll of the eyes.
Here’s a scary thought … if Tillerson resigns, what if Donny appoints a new SoS who shares his mindset on North Korea?
We’d have to put a lot of faith in the Senate confirmation process.
Or Donny could take another well-trod path, and appoint another retired general who seemingly has all his marbles.
Rhymes with heave canon?
On friday he’ll announce he needs to spend more time with Pence’s family.
Relevant PredictIt markets…
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My guess as well. Bannon wants total isolationism and Tillerson actually seems to recognize the value of talking to other nations.
John Cleese wins the quote of the day:
Plus, his first-hand knowledge of WH events stopped about then, or he’d have something fresher to leak.
NBC quoted “officials”, plural, though …