Posted on 10/06/2017 8:47:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON — John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, abruptly scrapped plans to travel with President Donald Trump on Wednesday so he could try to contain his boss’s fury and manage the fallout from new revelations about tensions between the president and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, according to six senior administration officials.
Kelly summoned Tillerson, and their ally Defense Secretary James Mattis, to the White House, where the three of them huddled to discuss a path forward, according to three administration officials. The White House downplayed Kelly's decision to stay in Washington, saying he did so to manage day-to-day operations.
Vice President Mike Pence, meanwhile, was fuming in Phoenix, where he was traveling, seven officials told NBC News. He and Tillerson spoke on the phone before the secretary’s public appearance on Wednesday morning.
Pence was incensed upon learning from the NBC report that Tillerson’s top spokesman had said he once privately questioned the value of Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Officials said the spokesman, R.C. Hammond, fabricated an anecdote that Pence had asked Tillerson in a meeting whether Haley, who is seen as a possible successor to Tillerson, is helpful or harmful to the administration.
NBC reported Wednesday that Tillerson had threatened to resign in July after a series of clashes with the president, at one point venting his frustrations among his colleagues by calling the president a "moron," according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the matter at the time.
Four senior administration officials said Trump first learned on Wednesday that Tillerson had disparaged him after a July 20 national security meeting at the Pentagon. Trump vented to Kelly Wednesday morning, leading Kelly to scrap plans to travel with the president to Las Vegas to meet with victims
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a 19 paragraph article with just a single quote in it, attributed to a WH official...
Big Media == “BM”
Coincidence?
I think not ...
Ah the four author weekly hit piece.
And it took 4 reporters to write this, including Andrea Mitchell.
From the. “NothingButCrap” net work. Fuggetabutit. Not worth reading !
NBC heard all this from someone who heard it from a source that was close to an insider.
NBC, CBS, cnn and ABC should all have their FCC licenses suspended for thirty days.
Can’t these people wipe their bottoms without notifying the New York Times?
I don’t doubt things are said behind closed doors that would occasionally scorch the paint off the walls. But when every last word is leaked to the newspaper, you have to wonder if his entire administration isn’t still being “surveilled” by his own intel folks. Every single word, every single day.
[NBC heard all this from someone who heard it from a source that was close to an insider.]
Yup. Kinda like this....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIduL2QY7AA
Old news, FAKE news!
Wow, NBC is not just doubling down on stupid but they are going all out with the sleaze attacks. How many times does the WH, Tillerson, etc. have to refute this unsubstantiated rumormongering bullshiite.
I think I just got my answer:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3592543/posts
“John Kelly’s personal cellphone was compromised, White House believes”
His, and everyone else’s I’m sure.
should be interesting. NBC is not backing off and they apparently don’t buy Tillerson’s statement.
[Tillerson, etc. have to refute this unsubstantiated rumormongering bullshiite.]
Technically.... Tillerson didn’t “refute” the moron remark/rumor....
If Tillerson cannot follow Trumps policies and purge the State Department
of Clinton and Obama appointees, he should resign or be fired.
Super Fake News
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