Tillerson Likely Trump's Next Fire?

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RUMORS INDICATING THAT REX TILLERSON
AND DONALD TRUMP HAVE NOT BEEN GETTING ALONG.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF SALTINESS IN THE SITUATION
AND RECENTLY, REX TILLERSON WAS SPEAKING TO FOX NEWS'S
CHRIS WALLACE AND HE KIND OF ADDED A LITTLE MORE FUEL TO
THOSE RUMORS.
TAKE A LOOK.
DOES THAT MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOU TO PUSH AMERICAN VALUES
AROUND THE WORLD WHEN SOME FOREIGN LEADERS QUESTION
THE PRESIDENT'S VALUES?
CHRIS, WE EXPRESS AMERICA'S VALUES FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
WE REPRESENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND AMERICA'S VALUES.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT GETS INTO THE KIND OF CONTROVERSY HE DOES
AND
THE UN COMMITTEE RESPONDS THE WAY IT DOES, IT SEEMS TO SAY
ñ THEY BEGIN TO DOUBT WHETHER WE ARE LIVING THOSE VALUES.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE DOUBTS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S VALUES
OR THE COMMITMENT OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OR THE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ADVANCING AND DEFENDING THOSE VALUES.
AND THE PRESIDENTS VALUES?
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF, CHRIS.
ARE YOU SEPARATING YOURSELF FROM THIS, SIR?
I'VE SPOKEN, I'VE MADE MY OWN COMMENTS AS TO OUR VALUES
IN THE SPEECH I GAVE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT THIS PAST WEEK.
IS REX TILLERSON THE NEW SALT BAE?
HERE'S SOME SALT FOR YOU.
REX TILLERSON IS NOBODY'S IDEA OF A PROGRESSIVE.
FORMER CEO OF EXXON MOBIL.
WILD HYPOCRISY ON MANY COUNTS.
REMEMBER, HE IS MASSIVELY IN FAVOR OF FRACKING.
THEY STARTED DOING FRACKING IN THE CITY WHERE HE HAS HIS
MANSION AND HE WAS LIKE WHOA, NOT IN MY BACKYARD.
I HAVE NO LOVE FOR HIM, BUT DONALD TRUMP IS SUCH A
MONSTER AND HIS REACTION TO THE CHARLOTTESVILLE SITUATION
WAS SO RACIST THAT MASSIVE RIGHT-WINGER REX TILLERSON
IS WALKING OUT OF THE ROOM BACKWARD LIKE, I DON'T WANT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT MAN.
THAT IS HIM SAYING, I DO NOT SHARE THE PRESIDENT'S VALUES.
INSANE.
ALSO, THE LEAKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUE AND THEY ARE
STILL SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA.
APPARENTLY IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT ONE TIME RECENTLY
AFTER TRUMP HAD RETURNED FROM A MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN, A
SOURCE RECALLED TRUMP SAYING, REX JUST DOESN'T GET IT.
HE'S JUST TOTALLY ESTABLISHMENT IN HIS THINKING.
AXIOS HAS A LONGER STORY ABOUT THIS AND THAT WAS ONE
OF THE QUOTES IN THE STORY.
THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES AS TO THE RIFT.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT PARTS MAKE SENSE AND WHAT DON'T.
ONE IS THEY'RE SAYING TILLERSON HASN'T PUT TIME INTO BUILING
GOODWILL WITH THE FOREIGN POLICY COMMUNITY IN WASHINGTON AND
THAT HE HAS DESTROYED MORALE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
YOU THINK TRUMP IS CONCERNED THAT HE DIDN'T DO HIS JOB
RIGHT AND DIDN'T FILL ENOUGH POSITIONS?
THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER.
TRUMP IS THE HEIGHT OF INCOMPETENCE.
HE IS NOT GOING TO GO TO TILLERSON AND SAY, WAIT A
MINUTE, HAVE YOU GOTTEN MORE DIPLOMATS IN PLACE YET?
THAT IS NOT DONALD TRUMP.
THAT MIGHT BE OTHER PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT
IS NOT
HIS BONE TO PICK WITH REX TILLERSON.
ANOTHER THING THAT IS OVERLOOKED AND IT IS IN THIS PIECE BUT
IT SHOULD BE MORE HIGHLIGHTED IS THEIR DISAGREEMENT IN
PLACES LIKE QATAR AND VENEZUELA.
TRUMP HAS HIS OWN PERSONAL FINANCIAL DEALINGS IN SAUDI
ARABIA.
SAUDI ARABIA IS BEEFING WITH QATAR SO TRUMP HAS SAID
VERY AGGRESSIVE THINGS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF QATAR.
REX TILLERSON IS AN OIL GUY.
HE WAS THE CEO OF
EXXON MOBIL.
QATAR HAS A LOT OF NATURAL GAS AND VENEZUELA
HAVE A LOT OF OIL.
HE IS LIKE, MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T DO
SANCTIONS ON QATAR AND MAYBE NOT EVEN ON VENEZUELA BECAUSE
EXXON MOBIL DOESN'T LIKE SANCTIONS.
IN FACT, THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF REX TILLERSON COMING TO
BE SECRETARY OF STATE.
HE WANTED TO LIFT THE SANCTIONS
FROM RUSSIA WHICH COST EXXON MOBIL HALF A $1 TRILLION DEAL.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REAL DISAGREEMENTS.
THE OTHER THING IS WHAT YOU JUST SAW OUT THERE.
TRUMP HAS BEEN LEAKING AGAINST TILLERSON AND THAT IS TILLERSON
SAYING BOTH, THIS GUY IS TOO MONSTROUS TO DEFEND ON
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND TWO, IF YOU ARE GOING TO PICK AT ME, I AM
GOING TO PICK AT YOU.
THIS GUY WAS THE CEO OF, AT THE TIME FOR A WHILE, THE
NUMBER ONE COMPANY IN THE WORLD.
HE IS NOT USED TO BACKING DOWN SO THEY ARE BUTTING HEADS
IN PUBLIC HERE.
YET ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL WHICH TRUMP IS
PUBLICLY THROWING UNDER A BUS.
THE INFIGHTING WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN
CHAOTIC TO SAY THE LEAST.
IT'S UNPRECEDENTED.
I KNOW INFIGHTING HAS HAPPENED BEFORE
BUT
NOT TO THIS EXTENT AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FIRED
OR
FORCED TO RESIGN.
THERE'S ONE OTHER SMALL COMPONENT THAT I WANTED TO
BRING UP BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR THE
STATE DEPARTMENT, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE SAFETY OF
THE COUNTRY.
REPUBLICANS KEEP ARGUING, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE COUNTRY
SAFE.
WE ARE ALL ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS OBVIOUSLY CRITICAL WHEN IT
COMES TO PROTECTING THE COUNTRY AND SECURING OUR NATIONAL
SECURITY, HOWEVER, DONALD TRUMP HAS STILL FAILED TO NAME
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND IT IS DISASTROUS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, AS OF JUNE 5
OF THIS YEAR, DONALD TRUMP HAD ONLY NOMINATED 14 PEOPLE.
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ñ
AND ONLY ABOUT SEVEN OF THEM I BELIEVE WERE CONFIRMED.
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?
IS IT REALLY THAT BAD?
IT IS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AROUND
THE SAME TIME, OBAMA HAD ALREADY NOMINATED 37
PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SO MANY UNFILLED POSITIONS WITHIN
THE STATE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP'S INCOMPETENCE
AND REX TILLERSON IS THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
DO I THINK THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THE RIFT?
NO, BUT I'M SURE IT IS NOT MAKING THE SITUATION ANY BETTER.
ON THAT ONE, THEY ARE BOTH GUILTY.
THEY BOTH HAVE NO INTEREST IN DIPLOMACY.
REX TILLERSON DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
HE WAS
RUNNING AN OIL COMPANY.
HE IS NOT FILLING IT WITH ANY DIPLOMATS BECAUSE HE
DOESN'T KNOW ANY.
I KNOW HE IS SUPPOSED TO DO HARD WORK.
ALSO NOT USED TO THAT EITHER.
BEING IN A CUSHY EXECUTIVE POSITION, TRUMP DOESN'T
WANT TO DO ANY HARD WORK AND HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN DIPLOMACY.
THAT IS ONE THING ACTUALLY AGREE ON.
WHO CARES ABOUT THE STATE DEPARTMENT?
THE THINGS
THEY DON'T AGREE ON ARE VENEZUELA, QATAR, AND THE REST.
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE ACTUALLY FIGHTING AND IT CERTAINLY
DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH, NO, HE IS MORE INCOMPETENT THAN I AM.
THEY ARE PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THE INCOMPETENCE.
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Tillerson Likely Trump's Next Fire?

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