Morphine Prince 110,031 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has developed a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has had an increasingly tense relationship with President Donald Trump, and replace him with CIA director Mike Pompeo within weeks, senior administration officials said on Thursday. Under the plan, Republican Senator Tom Cotton would be tapped to replace Pompeo at the Central Intelligence Agency, the New York Times reported, citing senior officials. The Times, the first to report the plan, said it was not immediately clear whether Trump had given final approval to what would be the most significant shakeup in his administration since he took office in January. Tillerson's departure would end a troubled tenure for the former Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive who has found himself increasingly at odds with Trump over policy challenges such as North Korea and under fire for his planned cuts at the State Department. Tillerson was reported in October to have privately called Trump a "moron," which the secretary of state sought to dismiss. That followed a tweet by Trump a few days earlier that Tillerson should not waste his time by seeking diplomatic engagement with North Korea. John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, developed the transition plan and has discussed it with other officials, the Times reported. Under his plan, the staff reshuffle would happen around the end of the year or shortly afterward. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-plan-replace-top-diplomat-cia-chief-150144859.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 110,031 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 This is dangerous. If Tillerson is replaced by Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State that means Tom Cotton will be put in charge of the CIA..... he's super ideological and believes in waterboarding... that says it all. He will be in charge of the CIA... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANVEEROY 65,835 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Donald Trump should hire HRC. But again? READ MY...BODY LANGUAGE! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,984 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 We've known for a long time that Rex was only staying on because he didn't want to seem like a failure, but he hates it there. Honestly, we need someone knew that can fix things before we loose our diplomatic ties to our allies and even our enemies. I don't think Mike Pompeo is a better choice at all, but hopefully he'll let the state department do its job. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fascination 1,130 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 5 hours ago, Anveeroy said: Donald Trump should hire HRC. But again? I don't think HRC would want to work for that fascist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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