Posted on 03/13/2018 1:36:46 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It's coming...just wait for it. Any minute now, the press will declare President Trump's ouster of secretary of state Rex Tillerson as "chaos" and "disarray." Such baloney.
Tillerson was a good man, and he ably served the country in getting the Saudi Arabians to turn hard toward the West as the Iran threat loomed. That's a real achievement. The result we now see – from Saudis allowing women to drive to Saudis changing their stance toward Israel in a friendly direction to Saudis putting the screws to the local billionaire princeling financiers of Osama bin Laden and other lunatic forces, has been, frankly, breathtaking and spectacular. Who could have guessed such a hellhole could become something good, and so quickly? It was in no small part due to the efforts of Tillerson, an old oil man from his Exxon days, who knows the Saudis well and who was able to encourage them in the right direction without making them angry. The emergence of a new leader, Mohammed bin Salman, has been all good for both Saudi and the rest of the world's interests.
So of course the press is going to come out and say another exit in the Trump administration is more evidence of "disarray." Lots of good people have exited, of course, and this will be the superficial analysis. I can hear the computer keys clacking about it now.
But here's what's really going on. Tillerson was good for his task as he made it, but as a new stage in foreign policy dawns, particularly around Trump's high wire act in North Korea, some different talents are required. Tillerson was a corporate man, a person with the right savvy to rise all the way to the top in the rock-hard bureaucracy of Exxon,
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“The manner of the firing is troubling. Admired senior level leaders show respect for people and allow them to depart with dignity.”
Rumor is that Tillerson refused to play ball and resign when asked, so no such coordinated public rollout was possible.
Tillerson was also the guy who decided on allowing gay Scoutmasters into the Boy Scouts of America, so his take on other issues likely varied from Trump - he was against moving the Embassy to Jerusalem, and in favor of keeping the Iran Deal, to name a few.
I guess you didn't notice the T-Rex opposed every major policy position that Trump took including moving the embassy to Jerusalem.
On another note Rush said there is chatter that Tillerson was trying to build an alliance with the Euroweenies to force Trump to stay signed on to the Iran deal.
You are incorrect. He could put the money into diversified funds tax deferred. It is an unbelievable deal he got - and Exxon also let his stock vest immediately nearly in full - rather than the years he got left
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2017/01/06/rex-tillerson-exxon-taxes-trump
Thanks SeekAndFind.
It seems to me that Tillerson drew first blood here by appearing to be less than supportive of President Trump.
Just wanted to say, thank you Mr. Tillerson.
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