Posted on 11/30/2017 11:18:22 AM PST by GIdget2004
The White House has drafted and is circulating a plan for the exit of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, CBS News confirms. The plan is for Tillerson, who has been on the job for less than a year, to be replaced by the current CIA director, Mike Pompeo.
The White House has not yet decided who would replace Pompeo, but names under consideration include Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Robert Harward, former deputy commander of U.S. Central Command. The CIA has no comment on this report. Cotton is trusted by the president and has advised Mr. Trump on foreign policy issues, as he has sought to take a tougher stance on Iran and make changes to the current Iran Deal, an agreement that Cotton has consistently opposed.
The New York Times first reported that the White House plans to force Tillerson out.
Cotton is widely believed to be interested in seeking higher office in the future, and it's not clear whether he believes joining the administration would help or hurt his chances. His communications director, Caroline Rabbitt Tabler, told CBS News that Cotton's focus "is on serving Arkansans in the Senate."
Harward, a 60-year-old former Navy SEAL, was offered the job of national security adviser earlier this year. He turned it down, citing "financial and family issues" that he had to take time to resolve. He is currently the chief executive for Lockheed Martin's United Arab Emirates division. Harward served under now-Defense Secretary James Mattis when he was the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command. Mattis continues to have a close working relationship with the White House.
At this point, the White House does not acknowledge that Tillerson's tenure is coming to an end any time soon...
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If there’s any truth to these rumors, the good news is that we won’t be stuck with Nimrata Haley as Secretary of State. We don’t need a McCain-Graham clone running US foreign policy.
Put in the best candidate who will win in 2024 and continue what Trump started.
We need someone who has no affinity or soul-ties to the 80% unconstitutional portion of the federal government needing to be dismantled. It will take someone who, like Trump, gets up every day ready to do what it takes to get the job done regardless of the heat from the Left and not intimidated by anyone.
I don’t think Pence is that guy. There’s no way an establishment politician has the vision, willingness, or ability to send hundreds of thousands of federal government officials, bureaucratic heads and workers home packing without a job. Yet that is EXACTLY what is needed to restore our Free Constitutional Republic.
Good thing for TRex, it’s seeBS therefore probably pure bovine excrement. Just like the other pants-dropping networks, no credibility.
This rumor has been going on for a couple months. Tillerson has said it’s fake news on several occasions.
I thought they were considering present CIA director Mike Pompeo to replace Tillerson, with Senator Tom Cotton to replace Pompeo at the CIA.
If this is the case, it is a gamble because there is no guarantee that whoever will replace the eminently capable Senator Cotton ( an immigration hawk ), will be a Republican. It will be a DIRTY fight like the present election in Alabama to replace Jeff Sessions.
I’m betting on Robert Harward. Trump has a thing for former generals and admirals.
Wet dream fantasies at the NY Slimes and CBS!
T-Rex says GRRRrrr!
LOL. I saw the empty suit named Rex from the get-go. I called it out, and was savaged with slurs such as “#nevertrumper”. I was lectured on how I didn’t understand “3-D chess”. Whatever. All is forgiven!
LOL. I saw the empty suit named Rex from the get-go. I called it out, and was savaged with slurs such as “#nevertrumper”. I was lectured on how I didn’t understand “3-D chess”. Whatever. All is forgiven!
TRex would not stand by and wait to be replaced knowing he had been neutered by the President - or Kelly. He would pack his bags, walk out and leave a "To whom it may concern" note on his desk.
Maybe it hasn't been "fake news" but "premature news".
"there is no guarantee that whoever will replace the eminently capable Senator Cotton ( an immigration hawk ), will be a Republican"
Probably not me.
Everyone should read this excellent article by Sen. Tom Cotton:
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/immigration-national-interest/
“I saw the empty suit named Rex from the get-go. I called it out, and was savaged with slurs such as “#nevertrumper”. I was lectured on how I didn’t understand “3-D chess”. Whatever. All is forgiven”!
I was called a troll and pearl clutcher for doing the same thing.
The other that is the antithesis of his nickname is “Mad Dog” Mattis.
President Trump has no excess of support in the Senate, and Tom Cotton is one of the best, particularly with the immnigration reform proposals he's made. Leave him where he is and find a new SofS elsewhere.
Why are you posting Fake News from a crap source?
What are you blathering about?
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