Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been fired.
Will be replaced by Pompeo.
This staff turnover is crazy!
He’s replacing the Best People with the Even Bester People!
He’s just trying to give all the best people a chance at a job in the Administration.
Yeah, he’ll get around to the rest of us sooner or later.
Is there a chart somewhere showing the parade of Top Men into and out of the current administration’s cabinet? I can’t keep up.
So, Pompeo’s deputy is nominated to run the CIA, which probably leaves the Tea Partier in effective control of both our foreign intel and our foreign policy. What could go wrong? I guess it’ll be easier with one guy in charge of our “diplomats” and our diplomats.
Fired over Twitter. Turns out Trump never fires someone face to face.
20 Best People so far.
It’s all about transparency and time-efficiency; notify literally everyone at the same time. That’s bravery. History’s greatest bravery.
So what’s the order of getting the replacement confirmed- is it Putin first then Senate or the other way around?
Any bets on how long Pompeo will last?
Comedians got it that the so called “grownups” are not controlling a thing in the Trump misadministration.
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/354202-colbert-slams-cabinet-secretary-suicide-pact
And that was from last year…
I should think the staff shuffling is actually a kinda brilliant defense against prosecution. “I really don’t know.” Will be 100% believable in every legal context and instance.
On the other hand, this comes on the heals of skipping some events on his recent trip to Africa as he was ill. Could he be seriously ill perhaps?
Or, maybe he didn’t like the travelling to Africa part? The food? All the brown people? Leaving his wife behind? (Maybe she went with?)
This has been confirmed by Andrea Mitchell:
Just a couple hours ago, I figured the PA-18 special election would be the big political news of the day.
What Desert Dog said - I can’t keep up.
He’s already been interviewed by Putin’s reps, and apparently must’ve gotten the thumbs-up.
Now we just need to find out if the GOP will affirm Putin’s choice.
ETA: And the torturer nominated as Pompeo’s replacement at CIA.
Tillerson lasted 40.5 Mooches.
“No puppet - you’re the puppet”:
This is why the jobs report was so good. Literally half the jobs were filling vacancies in the Trump administration.
