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WASHINGTON — When Rex W. Tillerson, the former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, arrived in Washington five months ago to become the secretary of state, his boosters said he brought two valuable assets to a job that had usually gone to someone steeped in government and diplomacy: a long history managing a global company, and deep relationships from the Middle East to Russia that enabled him to close deals.
But his first opportunity to use that experience — as a behind-the-scenes mediator in the dispute between Qatar and Saudi Arabia — has put Mr. Tillerson in exactly the place a secretary of state does not want to be: in public disagreement with the president who appointed him.
Mr. Tillerson tried to position himself as an intermediary and sought for all sides to put their demands on the table. But President Trump openly sided with the Saudis, first on Twitter, then again at a news conference. Mr. Trump called Qatar a “funder of terrorism at a very high level” just as the State Department was questioning whether the Saudis were using the terrorism charge to cover for “long-simmering grievances” between the Arab states. Where Trump Zigs, Tillerson Zags, Putting Him at Odds With White House
The MENTAL-CASE-EGO-TARD, doesn't have the brains to listen to anyone, because in his deranged mind and inflated ego, he thinks he's a genius!
EASY-PEASY, THERE ARE MANY,MANY,MANY MORE SUCH EXAMPLES!
In the span of 72 hours, President Trump described the email hacking that roiled the 2016 campaign as a Democratic “hoax” and as clear aggression by Russia that his predecessor, President Barack Obama, failed to address.
Other times, Mr. Trump has said the hacking might have been done by China.
Or, as he claimed during the first general election debate, the hacking could have been the work of a lone wolf weighing 400 pounds, sitting on his bed at home.
Government officials, members of Congress from both parties and even some Trump supporters had hoped that, with the campaign behind him, Mr. Trump would finally speak declaratively about the email hacking and recognize the threat Russian cyberattacks present, without asterisks, wisecracks, caveats or obfuscation.
That hope has dissipated. The latest presidential tweets were proof to dismayed members of Mr. Trump’s party that he still refuses to acknowledge a basic fact agreed upon by 17 American intelligence agencies that he now oversees: Russia orchestrated the attacks, and did it to help get him elected. Trump
Rumors about Tillerson yelling at someone in the WH over personnel matters, but appears to be carrying out Bannon's deconstructing the administrative state mission.
While some are celebrating this, others worry about the future of diplomacy.
Do certain posters not read anything at all not on right- wing blogs. For heaven's sake, I read this story in the Hill and Politico, among others. The Trump Administration is in chaos in large part because the Trump political team are amateurs and don't know what they are doing.
You all that constantly scream fake news have lost credibility especially when every news organization writes the same type piece. There is truth and you should stop debasing it because you don't agree. It is rather pathetic.
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