Posted on 03/13/2018 5:55:20 AM PDT by Rusty0604
Rex Tillerson is out as secretary of State, ending a tumultuous tenure as America's top diplomat that was marked by a series of public disagreements with his boss — President Donald Trump.
Trump plans to appoint CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace the former Exxon Mobil chief executive. The president picked deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel to run the spy agency.
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Not really “unexpected”.
he should have been given the boot a long time ago. He seemed like a malcontent from day one.
Trump has been stabbed in the back by lots of people he didn’t know as well as he thought he did. The swamp is deep.
“he should have been given the boot a long time ago. He seemed like a malcontent from day one.”
Agree. Should have guessed being he was recommended by Condalessa Rice....
I thought he was in Nairobi.
I love it when I have good news to start my day with.
He was a good man, and a businessman and knew a lot of people. Too bad he couldn’t get any traction in his role.
Tillerson was trying to reduce the size of the State Department. The employee unions within State have been openly antagonistic against him. Pompeo had better understand that he will be the next target.
It didn’t help that Tillerson steps off of a plane in Kenya and finds out about the NK meeting offer from the press.
Tillerson gets the boot while McMaster remains. Trump’s priorities are a mystery.
“Riding For The Brand”?????
@PlanetWTF?
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All the news headlines: Trump hires torturer to head CIA.
Yup.
Outstanding Texas oil guy just didn’t fit in DC.
FIRE Jeff SESSIONS.
Getting rid of Tillerson is a great sign that the frog boiling operation is ready to be moved into the next step. Trump and Sessions NEED someone who will NOT be run around in circles when Sessions demands documents to investigate Hillary. Pompeo is that someone. This is very bad news for Hillary Clinton.
T Rex probably was not that enthusiastic about Trump’s new tariff stands.
Also, a lot of Clinton’s, Joan Kerry’s and Obama’s Deep State left wing POS’s are still in the State Department.
Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo can start pulling those weeds and prevent leaks in upcoming talks with the NORKs and trade talks with those involved in trade wars with us.
TRex and his left over Deep State thugs in our State Department didn’t leak the news about N. Korea, as he/they were not in the loop.
Very true. Downsizing the State was a good thing that I hope will not be undone.
Trump has been stabbed in the back by lots of people he didn’t know as well as he thought he did. The swamp is deep.
Rex was not a swamp guy. I just don’t believe he was right for the position. He was a CEO of an oil company. This job is a lot different. Also, he’s up in years and the travel may have been a lot more than he bargained for.
agreed - swamp wins a round. even worse deep state scores a big win
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