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Displaying all articles tagged:
Rex Tillerson
white house
Feb. 13, 2020
Trump Hired Them, Then He Called Them Incompetent
John Kelly is just the latest Trump hire to fall from the president’s good graces. So much for hiring the “best people.”
By
Adam K. Raymond
and
Matt Stieb
nikki haley
Nov. 12, 2019
Nikki Haley’s Skillful and Opportunistic MAGA Balancing Act
Once again, Nikki Haley has figured out how to keep herself in the news as a potential Trump-Pence successor while declaring her Trumpist loyalties.
By
Ed Kilgore
impeachment season
Oct. 15, 2019
Trump’s New Impeachable Offenses Threaten Pelosi’s Narrow Focus on Ukraine
How do you decide how to impeach a president who won’t stop committing high crimes and misdemeanors? That’s a tough question for House Democrats.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
May 23, 2019
Rex Tillerson Is ‘Dumb As a Rock,’ Says the Guy Who Made Him Secretary of State
The former secretary reportedly told Congress this week that Putin outmaneuvered Trump in their first meeting.
By
Adam K. Raymond
the national interest
Dec. 7, 2018
Tillerson, Who Privately Called Trump ‘Moron,’ Pretty Much Confirms It in Public
“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.”
By
Jonathan Chait
May 6, 2018
Ronan Farrow on the Sad State of American Diplomacy
The newly minted Pulitzer winner and best-selling author chats about the necessity of the State Department and his Harvey Weinstein reporting.
By
Benjamin Hart
Apr. 26, 2018
Pompeo Confirmed As Secretary of State, With Seven Democratic Votes
Once Trump and Pompeo brought Rand Paul around, the hawkish CIA director’s confirmation was inevitable.
By
Ed Kilgore
toilet humor
Mar. 17, 2018
Tillerson Was Reportedly on the Toilet When He Found Out He Was Getting Fired
The outgoing Secretary of State was reportedly suffering through a stomach bug when Chief of Staff John Kelly sent him
the
text.
By
Amanda Arnold
the national circus
Mar. 14, 2018
Frank Rich: The Hidden Logic of Trump’s Staff Exodus
The president is looking for a specific type in an underling.
By
Frank Rich
last night on late night
Mar. 14, 2018
Late Night Laughed Rex Tillerson Out of the Trump Administration
Late-night hosts dedicated their monologues to the news that President Trump had fired the secretary of State.
By
Tolly Wright
bad salad
Mar. 13, 2018
Trump Once ‘Ordered’ Rex Tillerson to Eat Caesar Salad in China
“Rex, eat the salad.”
By
Chris Crowley
power
Mar. 13, 2018
Trump Reportedly Tried to Make Tillerson Eat a Salad
“Rex, eat the salad.”
By
Gabriella Paiella
Mar. 13, 2018
White House Fires State Dept. Official Who Contradicted Tillerson Firing Account
It’s a veritable fire-a-palooza!
By
Benjamin Hart
Mar. 13, 2018
Tillerson’s Firing Brings America Closer to War With North Korea
The secretary’s departure suggests Trump will kill the Iran deal in May – and sabotage the prospects of diplomacy with North Korea in the process.
By
Eric Levitz
breakups
Mar. 13, 2018
People Are Sharing Their Best Stories of Getting ‘Tillersoned’
The former secretary of State’s last name has already been turned into a verb for getting dumped on social media.
By
Lisa Ryan
Mar. 13, 2018
Trump’s Choice to Lead CIA Oversaw ‘Black Site’ Interrogation Program
Gina Haspel reportedly oversaw the waterboarding of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and the destruction of interrogation tapes.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Mar. 13, 2018
We May Never Know If Trump Fired Tillerson for Calling Him a Moron
Behold, a beautifully awkward interview exchange.
By
Gabriella Paiella
select all
Mar. 13, 2018
Like You, Rex Tillerson Spent the Weekend Dreading Trump’s Tweets
He was told to keep a lookout.
By
Brian Feldman
foreign policy
Mar. 13, 2018
The Mess Rex Tillerson Is Leaving Behind
He has been fired as secretary of State. His legacy is chaos at the institution he ran.
By
Heather Hurlburt
the national interest
Mar. 13, 2018
Trump Denies Russian Guilt in Murder. Tillerson Admits It, Is Fired. Hmm.
A pretty suspicious sequence of events following the murder of a Russian former double agent in Britain.
By
Jonathan Chait
Mar. 13, 2018
President Trump Fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Mike Pompeo will take his job ahead of talks with North Korea.
By
Benjamin Hart
trump administration
Mar. 3, 2018
Grown-ups Are Not Running America’s Foreign Policy
A group of Model U.N. teenagers could probably pick and execute policies better than this administration.
By
Heather Hurlburt
Feb. 16, 2018
Commerce Department Offers Trump Ammunition for His Trade War
Trump has until April 11 to decide whether to impose high tariffs on aluminum and steel. It’s a subject that divides his party and administration.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 2, 2018
The Pentagon Is Afraid to Give Trump More Military Options on North Korea
Top Defense officials believe that a military strike would be reckless and unnecessary — and don’t trust Trump to reach the same conclusion.
By
Eric Levitz
foreign policy
Jan. 19, 2018
How U.S. Foreign Policy Is Being Shaped by Trump’s Tweets
Tillerson & Co. jump through hoops to turn the president’s random assertions into a coherent diplomatic strategy.
By
Jonah Shepp
climate change
Jan. 7, 2018
The Rockefellers vs. Exxon, the Company That Made Them the Rockefellers
The family that pioneered the oil industry in America wants to expose what Exxon hid from the public about climate change.
By
Reeves Wiedeman
Jan. 3, 2018
White House Officials Are Afraid of Trump’s ‘Nuclear Button’
Thus far, Trump has allowed his advisers to overrule his worst instincts. But “the adults” are losing influence — and the “Button” is in his hands.
By
Eric Levitz
Dec. 15, 2017
Trump Might Fire His Top Diplomat for Always Pushing Diplomacy
Rex Tillerson keeps publicly calling for talks with North Korea, free of any preconditions. Trump’s generals would prefer war.
By
Eric Levitz
Dec. 1, 2017
Trump: Secretary of State I Constantly Undermine Will Not Be Fired
The secretary of State can, at least temporarily, go back to eviscerating his department.
By
Benjamin Hart
the national interest
Dec. 1, 2017
It’s Been a Banner Day for Donald Trump
A brief summary of a day of dysfunctional government.
By
Jonathan Chait
Dec. 1, 2017
Trump Appears to Be Firing Tillerson Via Public Shaming
The president used the same technique on Jeff Sessions, and he’s still attorney general — but Tillerson may not have much appetite for humiliation.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Nov. 30, 2017
Trump to Put ‘Quartet of Warriors’ in Charge of Foreign Policy
Rex Tillerson’s dismissal will be no surprise. But the military-heavy character of the new team that will ascend to power in his absence is ominous.
By
Ed Kilgore
immigration
Nov. 4, 2017
300,000 Central American and Haitian Immigrants May Soon Face Deportation
Many of the immigrants have U.S.-born children and own homes and businesses, and some have lived in the country for decades.
By
Chas Danner
Oct. 26, 2017
Rex Tillerson: Some Days I Feel Like I Need to ‘Curl Up in a Ball’
The secretary of State sure seems to hate his job.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Oct. 15, 2017
Tillerson Given Chance to Deny ‘Moron’ Comment, Doesn’t Take It
“I’m not gonna deal with that petty stuff.”
By
Benjamin Hart
this week in drama
Oct. 13, 2017
This Week in Drama: The Trump Wives,
Rick and Morty
, and More
We recap the pettiest squabbles, juiciest feuds, and other niche drama you didn’t know you were living for every week.
By
Jessica Roy
and
Gabriella Paiella
Oct. 11, 2017
Trump Recently Demanded an Eightfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal
Trump saw a slide showing America had more nukes in the late 1960s than it does now – and demanded we close the missile gap with history.
By
Eric Levitz
drama
Oct. 10, 2017
Trump Wants to ‘Compare IQ Tests’ With Tillerson
Sounds like the president is taking the reports that Tillerson called him a “f*cking moron” very well.
By
Gabriella Paiella
foreign policy
Oct. 6, 2017
How Tillerson Is Trying to Save the Iran Deal From His Boss
If you can’t work with a moron, work around him.
By
Jonah Shepp
the national interest
Oct. 6, 2017
Is Trump About to Trigger a Cabinet ‘Suicide Pact’?
Implosion watch.
By
Jonathan Chait
Oct. 6, 2017
Seth Meyers on Rex Tillerson: ‘When Your Name Is Rex You’re Gonna Be Good […]
Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Trump continuing to brag about his terrible response to […]
By
Megh Wright
the national interest
Oct. 5, 2017
Trump Furious Tillerson Refused to Deny Calling Him a Moron
There’s even moron this story.
By
Jonathan Chait
the old rex
Oct. 5, 2017
Sorry, Rex Tillerson Can’t Come to the Phone. Why? Because He … Doesn’t Want To
The Trump administration is pissed he never calls back.
By
Lisa Ryan
Oct. 4, 2017
GOP Senator: Tillerson Helps ‘Separate Our Country From Chaos’
Bob Corker strongly implies that Americans need the secretary of State to protect them from their president.
By
Eric Levitz
apocrypha
Oct. 4, 2017
Donald Trump Is a World-Historic Genius: An Op-ed by Rex Tillerson
It is I who am the moron, Rex Tillerson writes.
By
Eric Levitz
Oct. 4, 2017
Tillerson Denies Wanting to Resign, But Doesn’t Deny Calling Trump a ‘Moron’
Asked about the reported insult, the secretary of State said he wouldn’t address “petty stuff.”
By
Adam K. Raymond
Oct. 4, 2017
Report: Tillerson Called Trump a ‘Moron’
The secretary of State was reportedly close to quitting in July until several top administration officials convinced him not to.
By
Adam K. Raymond
foreign policy
Oct. 2, 2017
Playing ‘Good Cop, Crazy Cop’ Won’t Work With North Korea
Trump can’t out-crazy crazy, especially if the U.S. has lost its diplomatic credibility.
By
Chas Danner
foreign policy
Sept. 30, 2017
Trump Administration Trying Direct Diplomacy With North Korea to Defuse Crisis
It’s already not going very well.
By
Chas Danner
Sept. 18, 2017
Aides to Trump: U.S. Needs to Police the World to Protect Corporate Interests
Trump’s top advisers (reportedly) told him that America needs a globe-spanning army in order to “make the world safe” for U.S. businesses like his.
By
Eric Levitz
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