>>> REX TILLERSON LASTED AS DONALD TRUMP’S FIRST SECRETARY
OF STATE FOR A LITTLE OVER A
YEAR.
YEAR. THE PRESIDENT TOLD US THAT HE
ALWAYS HIRED THE BEST PEOPLE AND
WAS PUTTING THE BEST PEOPLE IN
HIS CABINET.
HIS CABINET. AND WHEN REX TILLERSON TOOK THE
OATH OF OFFICE THE PRESIDENT
SAID "CONGRATULATIONS TO REX
TILLERSON AS BEING SWORN IN AS
OUR NEW SECRETARY OF STATE.
HE WILL ABE STAR."
EXCLAMATION POINT.
EXCLAMATION POINT. TODAY THE PRESIDENT SAID REX
TILLERSON IS DUMB AS A ROCK.
THAT’S THE SECOND TIME THE
PRESIDENT HAS SAID REX TILLERSON
IS DUMB AS A ROCK.
IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR THE
PRESIDENT SAID "REX TILLERSON
DOESN’T HAVE THE MENTAL CAPACITY
NEEDED.
NEEDED. HE WAS DUMB AS A ROCK AND I
COULDN’T GET RID OF HIM FAST
ENOUGH.
ENOUGH. HE WAS LAZY AS HELL."
THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT AFTER
REX TILLERSON DESCRIBED DONALD
TRUMP IN A CBS INTERVIEW IN
DECEMBER.
DECEMBER. >> A MAN WHO IS PRETTY
UNDISCIPLINED, DOESN’T LIKE TO
READ, DOESN’T READ BRIEFING
REPORTS, DOESN’T LIKE TO GET
INTO THE DETAILS OF A LOT OF
THINGS BUT RATHER JUST KIND OF
SAYS LOOK, THIS IS WHAT I
BELIEVE.
BELIEVE. >> DONALD TRUMP REVIVED THE DUMB
AS A ROCK ACCUSATION TODAY
AGAINST REX TILLERSON AFTER THE
"WASHINGTON POST" REPORTED THAT
REX TILLERSON MET IN A
CLOSED-DOOR SESSION WITH THE
HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
FOR SEVEN HOURS.
"WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE
CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT HOW
PUTIN SEIZED EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO PUSH WHAT HE WANTED, A
COMMITTEE AIDE SAID.
THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN
PREPARATION AND IT CREATED AN
UNEQUAL FOOTING."
UNEQUAL FOOTING." REX TILLERSON WAS DESCRIBING A
MEETING HE ATTENDED WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND VLADIMIR PUTIN IN
HAMBURG, GERMANY.
HAMBURG, GERMANY. ANDREW WEISS, RUSSIA SCHOLAR AT
THE CARNEGIE ENDOUFT FOR
INTERNATIONAL PEACE, TOLD THE
"WASHINGTON POST" PUTIN IS A
VERY NIMBLE ADVERSARY WHO’S BEEN
AT THIS FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
THE HAMBURG MEETING SOUNDS LIKE
IT WAS ONE OF PUTIN’S WILDEST
DREAMS.
DREAMS. A FREEWHEELING BACK ROOM STYLE
CONVERSATION WITH THE U.S.
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THE PRESIDENT HAS TOLD US HOW HE
PREPARES FOR MEETINGS LIKE THAT.
>> I’M VERY WELL PREPARED.
I DON’T THINK I HAVE TO PREPARE
VERY MUCH.
VERY MUCH. >> IN HIS SEVEN HOURS WITH THE
HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
REX TILLERSON SAID HE AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP DONE SHARE THE
SAME "VALUE SYSTEM."
THE "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS,
WHEN ASKED TO DESCRIBE TRUMP’S
VALUES, TILLERSON SAID "I
CANNOT."
CANNOT." THAT REPORTING IN THE
"WASHINGTON POST" BY JOHN HUDSON
AND JOSH DAWSEY NOT SURPRISINGLY
LY GOT A RESPONSE FROM THE
PRESIDENT TODAY ON TWITTER OF
COURSE.
COURSE. THE PRESIDENT TWEETED "REX
TILLERSON A MAN WHO IS DUMB AS A
ROCK AND TOTALLY ILL PREPARED
AND EQUIPPED TO BE SECRETARY OF
STATE MADE UP A STORY, HE GOT
FIRED, THAT I WAS OUTPREPARED BY
VLADIMIR PUTIN AT A MEETING IN
HAMBURG, GERMANY.
HAMBURG, GERMANY. I DON’T THINK PUTIN WOULD AGREE.
LOOK AT HOW THE U.S. IS DOING!"
WE HAVE NO RESPONSE YET TO THAT
TWEET FROM REX TILLERSON, BUT WE
HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO IMAGINE THAT
HIS PRIVATE REACTION IS
SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF
WHAT HE SAID WHILE HE WAS
SERVING AS DONALD TRUMP’S
SECRETARY OF STATE AFTER DONALD
TRUMP LEFT A MEETING ONE DAY AT
THE PENTAGON.
THE PENTAGON. REX TILLERSON WAS REPORTED ON
THIS NETWORK AT THAT TIME AND
THEN LATER IN BOB WOODWARD’S
BOOK TO HAVE OFFERED WHAT FOR
HIM WAS A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
OF DONALD TRUMP IN ONLY TWO
WORDS.
WORDS. HERE IS THE SCENE AS DESCRIBED
IN BOB WOODWARD’S BOOK "FEAR."
JUST AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
WALKED OUT OF A PENTAGON MEETING
ABOUT NORTH KOREA.
"TRUMP GOT UP AND WALKED OUT.
ALL THE AIR SEEMED TO HAVE COME
OUT OF TILLERSON.
HE COULD NOT ABIDE TRUMP’S
ATTACK ON THE GENERALS.
THE PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING AS IF
THE U.S. MILITARY WAS A
MERCENARY FORCE FOR HIRE.
IF A COUNTRY WOULDN’T PAY US TO
BE THERE, THEN WE DIDN’T WANT TO
BE THERE.
BE THERE. AS IF THERE WERE NO AMERICAN
INTERESTS IN FORGING AND KEEPING
A PEACEFUL WORLD ORDER.
AS IF THE AMERICAN ORGANIZING
PRINCIPLE WAS MONEY.
ARE YOU OKAY GARY COHN ASKED
HIM.
HIM. HE’S A F-ING MORON TILLERSON
SAID SO EVERYONE HEARD."
AND NOW EVERYONE HAS HEARD IT