REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he was unsure whether his top diplomat, Rex Tillerson, would remain in his post for the rest of Trump’s term in the White House and was ‘not happy’ that some State Department staff were not supporting his agenda.
In an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News late Thursday [11-2-17], Trump attacked the department under Tillerson, the secretary of state, and said he alone determines U.S. foreign policy…
Tensions between Trump, a real estate developer and reality television star who took office in January, and Tillerson, the former chief executive officer at energy major Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), resurfaced last month amid reports that Tillerson had called Trump a ‘moron’ and had considered resigning over the summer…
Richard Haas, president of the Council of Foreign Relations, said Trump’s comments spelled trouble not just for the current secretary but for overall American foreign policy.”
-Reuters Staff, “Trump says unsure if Tillerson will remain secretary of state,” Reuters, Nov. 3, 2017 08:04am