Tillerson’s exit can only begin to fix US foreign policy

NY Post ^ | November 30, 2017 | Ralph Peters

[MAGAthon]

Tillerson would be dealing with politics even if he had stayed at Exxon:

30 Nov: InsideClimateNews: Judge Questions Exxon’s Attempt to Block Climate Fraud Investigations
The hearing edged a federal judge closer to deciding whether to dismiss the oil giant’s case against the attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts
By Nicholas Kusnetz & David Hasemyer
ExxonMobil drew tough questions and skeptical responses from a federal judge on Thursday as it urged her to shut down two state investigations into whether the oil giant misled investors and the public about climate change risks. The judge’s inquiries suggested the company had failed to build a strong enough case to halt the probes.

U.S. District Judge Valerie E. Caproni pressed Exxon’s lawyers to demonstrate how the investigations by the attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York are politically motivated efforts to suppress its free speech, as the company claims.
“I can expect you to come forward with something that doesn’t require wild leaps of logic,” she told Exxon’s lawyers...

She also cast doubt on Exxon’s attempts to frame the investigation as a political witch-hunt.
“The attorney general of New York is a political animal,” she said. “He’s entitled to act like a political animal.”...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30112017/exxon-climate-fraud-investigation-judge-court-hearing-schneiderman-new-york-healey-massachusetts

the judge:

Wikipedia: Valerie E. Caproni
In August 2003, FBI Director Robert F. Mueller named her General Counsel of the FBI...
On November 14, 2012, President Obama nominated Caproni to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York...
On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same office. Her nomination was approved by a voice vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 13, 2013. The full Senate confirmed Caproni’s nomination in a 73-24 vote on September 9, 2013. She received her commission on December 2, 2013...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_E._Caproni

[SueRae]

I think Tillerson has done remarkably well.in his first year. I hope he stays. The changes in Saudi Arabia alone show promise. I don’t understand why the move..unless there’s a family issue.. (Jared).

[Spruce]

They can keep writing this outright fantasy for another seven years and eventually it will come true.

T-Rex ain’t going anywhere.

[Chaguito]

Thanks, I hate it when that happens