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Tillerson’s Fury at Trump Required an Intervention From Pence (4 bylines = 4x the disinformation)
NBC News ^ | 2017-10-04 | CAROL E. LEE, KRISTEN WELKER, STEPHANIE RUHLE and DAFNA LINZER

Posted on 10/04/2017 5:20:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.

The tensions came to a head around the time President Donald Trump delivered a politicized speech in late July to the Boy Scouts of America, an organization Tillerson once led, the officials said.

Just days earlier, Tillerson had openly disparaged the president, referring to him as a “moron,” after a July 20 meeting at the Pentagon with members of Trump’s national security team and Cabinet officials, according to three officials familiar with the incident.

While it's unclear if he was aware of the incident, Vice President Mike Pence counseled Tillerson, who is fourth in line to the presidency, on ways to ease tensions with Trump, and other top administration officials urged him to remain in the job at least until the end of the year, officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakenews; justblastoffthen; tillerson; tillersonpresser
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

“Why have so many people who are not on board with Trump’s agenda...”

Why do these people think we elected Trump, and his agenda, just so they could slip in and implement their own private agenda?


21 posted on 10/04/2017 5:46:02 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Mr. Mojo

Remember, Reagan put a lot of liberals around himself too, including Howard Baker, Ken Duberstein, Michael Deaver, James Baker, III. Ed Meese was one of the fairly few voices of conservatism.


22 posted on 10/04/2017 5:47:22 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: McGruff

Hugh Hewitt just had on a newsbabe, didn’t catch her name. She said according to someone in the room, he not only called him a moron, but an effing moron.

I don’t blame you if you keep waiting but she was pretty definite. :)


23 posted on 10/04/2017 5:49:53 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Not buying it.

Tillerson is too much of a mature professional for such as this.

24 posted on 10/04/2017 5:51:04 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: odawg

“Why do these people think we elected Trump, and his agenda, just so they could slip in and implement their own private agenda?”.....

You answered your own question. Trump needs to take a “time out” and go back and see who is on his team and who is NOT. He knows how to say “You’re fired!”


25 posted on 10/04/2017 5:51:57 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Bookshelf

He cleaned out the 7th Floor of the State Department which is where all the ultimate power brokers at State dwelt.


26 posted on 10/04/2017 5:54:14 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: KC_Lion

Four pissed off women that wrote that article...Probably have pussy hats


27 posted on 10/04/2017 5:55:58 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“...according to multiple senior officials...”

NBC could have just made this up.


28 posted on 10/04/2017 6:00:16 AM PDT by stonehouse01
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To: Ann Archy
Honestly I'm inclined to believe this.

Tillerson can just go home for all I care and leave an open position for someone who wants to do the job.

29 posted on 10/04/2017 6:00:35 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: Ann Archy

Nikos1121 rule #1. Be leery of any article that has more than one author, in fact the BS meter goes up exponentially with each added author.


30 posted on 10/04/2017 6:00:58 AM PDT by nikos1121 (Let's get Newt in there to help...)
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To: stonehouse01

Yes, we know how handy they are concerning exploding pickup trucks, eh?


31 posted on 10/04/2017 6:04:06 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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To: nikos1121

No kidding!


32 posted on 10/04/2017 6:11:27 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: KC_Lion
It took FOUR people to write this.

It's NBC. Easy to imagine a human centipede.

33 posted on 10/04/2017 6:18:46 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

4 times the normal fake news!


34 posted on 10/04/2017 6:24:09 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Now, that Trump is kicking their asses, they, _______, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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To: Bookshelf

not sure why he’s still there...Tillerson called Islam a “great” religion back in January.


35 posted on 10/04/2017 6:35:20 AM PDT by stylin19a (Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
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To: juggernaut

[Lies from nbc.]

Well, they GOTTA keep the Brian Williams tradition going....


36 posted on 10/04/2017 6:38:12 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Liars lie. That is what they do.


37 posted on 10/04/2017 6:45:01 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen
You must learn more about history!!


38 posted on 10/04/2017 6:46:21 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think there needs to be a realization there isn’t a LARGE POOL of people to choose from who have America’s best interests in mind (meaning, non-globalist, personal walled-house compound kingdom builders) and are qualified for such posts.

Does anyone disagree? If there is a large pool of such folks, name them.


39 posted on 10/04/2017 6:47:16 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (The Left's family value: 'The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind!' (Che Guevara, 1961))
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I don’t know why Trump picked him. How dare he say that about President Trump.


40 posted on 10/04/2017 7:03:20 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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