Tillerson calls 45 a moron

[graylocks]

Tillerson hasn’t denied saying it. he deflected the question. in this day and age there’s a good chance there is a recording of it on someone’s phone just waiting for him to deny it.

[pdq]

lost in space wrote:
My opinion of Tillerson just went up. 'Course since it started out below zero . . .

I'm not sure my opinion went up. If he did call Trump a moron (and I suspect it's probably true), denying it and singing his praises now sounds a lot like desperate bootlicking.

Edit: Reading the coverage, I see that Tillerson pointedly refused to deny calling him a moron (and another reporter said the actual phrase he used to describe Trump was " moron")

So, yeah. My boss is a f-in moron. But I'm not ready to give up on my job yet.

[hal]

My opinion on Tillerson hasn't changed a bit - you don't get to the top position of the biggest company in the world by being an idiot. And any idiot can see that Trump is a moron!

[pdq]

Highly decorated career foreign service officer Eric Edelman, today:

“The press appearance was the most humiliating, degrading performance by a secretary of state that I have seen in my lifetime. He was clearly ordered by the White House to go out and lavish slavish praise on the president.”

This guy served under Bush 2 and was an advisor to Romney during his run.

[Onamuji]

hal wrote:
My opinion on Tillerson hasn't changed a bit - you don't get to the top position of the biggest company in the world by being an idiot. And any idiot can see that Trump is a moron!

Personally, I'm now in the awkward position of having a teeny tiny glimmer of respect for Rex Tillerson that I didn't have before.

You'd think that the cowardice and ass-licking that led to that press-conference would more than offset it, but no.

Teeny tiny glimmer.

Still there.

I'm not sure what to do with this feeling.

It's making me very uncomfortable.

[sekker]

He's been at odds with Trump since his confirmation hearings where he acknowledged climate change.

I think he's the least powerful SoS in a generation since Trump doesn't mind undercutting him.

[NewtonMP2100]

....so now there is Rex....appeal......???