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Trump ousts Tillerson, will replace him as secretary of state with CIA chief Pompeo
Washington Post ^ | March 13, 2018 | Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker

Posted on 03/13/2018 5:52:22 AM PDT by C19fan

President Trump has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, orchestrating a major change to his national security team amid delicate negotiations with North Korea, White House officials said Tuesday.

Trump last Friday asked Tillerson to step aside, and the embattled top diplomat cut short his trip to Africa on Monday to return to Washington.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1; cia; pompeo; sospompeo; sostillerson; statedepartment; tillerson; trump; trumpcabinet
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To: Thibodeaux; euram

He was a puppet of Condi’s, which makes him a Bush globalist.


21 posted on 03/13/2018 6:22:52 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

One thing Trump has done is to cause all the Pat Buchanan 1930’s Republican isolationists to come out of the closet


22 posted on 03/13/2018 6:25:00 AM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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To: Thibodeaux
One thing Trump has done is to cause all the Pat Buchanan 1930’s Republican isolationists to come out of the closet

...as opposed to Woodrow Wilson 1910's internationalists such as the Clintons and the Bushes?

23 posted on 03/13/2018 6:27:20 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: b4its2late

Fox now reporting from State Department that Tillerson did not know he had been fired and wasn’t aware that he was at odds with Trump.


24 posted on 03/13/2018 6:28:34 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: 9YearLurker
He was a puppet of Condi’s, which makes him a Bush globalist.

I think that Tillerson supported Jeb in the GOP primaries, so I was wary of him from the start. On the other hand, some of the most obnoxious members of the GOP like Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham opposed him, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. The best that can be said for Tillerson is that he wasn't really an ideologue like the Bush people, so he did no real harm, the worst that can be said is that he was completely ineffectual.

25 posted on 03/13/2018 6:29:36 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: Thibodeaux

He’s also pulled a lot of globalist Free Traitors™ out of the wood work.


26 posted on 03/13/2018 6:30:12 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: CedarDave

I appears like Tillerson was in fact, fired on Twitter.


27 posted on 03/13/2018 6:31:35 AM PDT by corlorde
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To: C19fan

T Rex probably was not that enthusiastic about Trump’s new tariff stands.

Also, a lot of Clinton’s, Joan Kerry’s and Obama’s left wing POS’s are still in the State Department.

Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo can start pulling those weeds and prevent leaks in upcoming talks with the NORKs and trade talks with those involved in trade wars with us.


28 posted on 03/13/2018 6:32:02 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Dems are having trouble with their MAMA campaign (Make America Mexico Again) versus MAGA!)
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To: C19fan

Interesting


29 posted on 03/13/2018 6:33:24 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: corlorde

He seems to have been fired last Friday without leaks.


30 posted on 03/13/2018 6:34:40 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: C19fan

Let’s face it. Hillary should have been kicked out as SOS 10 times....at least. She just had, as we now know, too much on Obama.


31 posted on 03/13/2018 6:34:52 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: CedarDave

Trump giving praise (faint?) as he departs for CA. Says he’s a good man but didn’t mesh, will keep in touch but Rex will be happier now, says Tillerson disagreed on the Iran deal.


32 posted on 03/13/2018 6:35:04 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: b4its2late

From the Russians, of course!.....................


33 posted on 03/13/2018 6:41:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: jjotto
He seems to have been fired last Friday without leaks.

I find that most encouraging. It does appear that all the WH leaks have been plugged.

34 posted on 03/13/2018 6:43:09 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: CedarDave
John Roberts on Fox saying Trump requested his resignation on Friday.

Would it be too much to hope the hapless AG Jeff Sessions is requested to step down too?

35 posted on 03/13/2018 6:45:32 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Thibodeaux

They’ve been here all along and aren’t as bad as the apologists for the Bush crime syndicate.


36 posted on 03/13/2018 6:47:41 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Fishtalk

MORON.

He allegedly called President Trump a moron. Then he would not comment on CNN.

And what the hell is he doing on CNN?


37 posted on 03/13/2018 6:48:07 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: Menehune56

I AGREE. FIRE JEFF SESSIONS.


38 posted on 03/13/2018 6:49:30 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Fishtalk

He also lobbied for gays in the Boy Scouts, both as member and as leader.

This guy was never going to work.


39 posted on 03/13/2018 6:50:50 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: C19fan

Rex been Comeyed.


40 posted on 03/13/2018 6:53:14 AM PDT by Stentor
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