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    Rex Tillerson just majorly trolled Donald Trump

    Rex Tillerson just majorly trolled Donald Trump

    Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
    Updated 3:02 PM ET, Wed May 16, 2018

    (CNN)Rex Tillerson may be gone, but he hasn't forgotten.

    Speaking to soon-to-be graduates of the Virginia Military Institute on Wednesday, Tillerson dropped this truth bomb:
    "If our leaders seek to conceal the truth, or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom."

    Woof.

    Double woof.

    You may remember that Tillerson was removed as Secretary of State by President Donald Trump after a remarkably tempestuous year in office -- a period of time during which relations between the two men grew badly strained.

    Things were never really the same after reports surfaced last fall that Tillerson had called Trump a "moron" in a Pentagon meeting in the summer of 2017. Tillerson didn't deny using that word, although he sought to shame the press for even covering it. Which means, of course, that he said it.

    Then there was the time when Tillerson directly refused to provide Trump cover following the President's "both sides" comments about the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

    "The President speaks for himself," Tillerson remarked at the time.

    You may also remember that President Trump said more than 3,000 things that were either misleading or totally false during his first year in office -- a rate of more than six mistruths a day, according to the Washington Post. Or that Trump administration senior counselor Kellyanne Conway famously/infamously coined the phrase "alternative facts" to explain away Trump's false claims about the size of his inauguration crowd.

    Now. Tillerson and his people will helpfully note that he never mentioned Trump's name in the speech, and that the address was meant as a broad call to fight for truth rather than a narrowly cast shot at the President of the United States.

    Don't believe them.

    Tillerson is no dummy. He knew what he was doing. The use of the phrase "alternative realities" is no accident. Neither are these lines from the Tillerson speech:

    "A responsibility of every American citizen to each other is to preserve and protect our freedom by recognizing what truth is and is not, what a fact is and is not and begin by holding ourselves accountable to truthfulness and demand our pursuit of America's future be fact-based -- not based on wishful thinking, not hoped-for outcomes made in shallow promises, but with a clear-eyed view of the facts as they are, and guided by the truth that will set us free to seek solutions to our most daunting challenges."

    It is impossible to read that paragraph and not have the image of Donald Trump conjured up in your mind. Im-possible.
    That's just want Tillerson wanted -- and yet more proof that revenge is a dish best served cold.

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/polit...uth/index.html
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    Another one that proves Trump was right to fire them.
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    Tillerson warns of ethical crisis among U.S. leaders in speech


    By QUINT FORGEY
    05/16/2018 01:48 PM EDT

    Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday appeared to offer an implicit rebuke of his old boss, as he warned of a "growing crisis in ethics and integrity" during a commencement address at the Virginia Military Institute.

    “As I reflect upon the state of our American democracy, I observe a growing crisis in ethics and integrity,” Tillerson told the graduates. “If we do not as Americans confront the crisis of ethics and integrity in our society and among our leaders in both public and private sector — and regrettably, at times, even the non-profit sector — then American democracy, as we know it, is entering its twilight years.”


    The ex-diplomat — who did not mention President Donald Trump by name — also delivered a pointed commentary on the importance of truth in political discourse, and insisted that “a common set of facts” was essential to maintaining a free society.

    In January 2017, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway memorably defended former White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s misrepresentation of the crowd size at the president's inauguration, saying Spicer “gave alternative facts.” Trump himself has been the target of numerous fact checks, with the Washington Post reporting on May 1 that the president had made 3,001 false or misleading claims since taking office.


    “If our leaders seek to conceal the truth, or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom,” Tillerson said. “A responsibility of every American citizen to each other is to preserve and protect our freedom by recognizing what truth is and is not, what a fact is and is not, and begin by holding ourselves accountable to truthfulness, and demand our pursuit of America's future be fact-based.”


    Tillerson was unceremoniously booted from the president’s cabinet in March after Trump announced his firing on Twitter. The two businessmen reportedly lacked chemistry, and their relationship hit a new low after Tillerson allegedly referred to the president as a "moron" during a meeting at the Pentagon — a claim the former Exxon Mobil CEO never directly refuted,
    Former CIA director Mike Pompeo has since been confirmed to lead the State Department.

    In his farewell remarks to the civil servants at Foggy Bottom, Tillerson declined to thank the president or name Trump, and said the nation’s capital could be “a very mean-spirited town.”

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...-ethics-591876
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    Rex wasn't on board with the Agenda, he mislead the President to be nominated, that came out, he was fired, and now he's showing his true colors. He didn't accept the nomination to support Trump, he accepted it to obstruct him. Such a shame.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Judy View Post
    Another one that proves Trump was right to fire them.
    He should have never hired the 'gator' in the first place!

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