Tillerson was weak. The bureaucrats in the State Department ran circles around him. They will celebrate for years to come Tillerson’s quick departure and the way they were able to confound and manipulate him. Chalk up one win for the Deep State.
Tillerson got rid of many political appointees but these career civil service bureaucrats are almost impossible to dislodge. many left in disgust, which was at least something good; but the rest will have to be flushed out with flame throwers, like Japanese dead Enders on Okinawa.