Outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s chief of staff and deputy chief of staff submitted their resignations shortly after the announcement that Tillerson was let go from the department.
Rex Tillerson did not learn of his ouster until President Donald Trump tweeted about his replacement by Mike Pompeo Tuesday, according to a report in the New York Times.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that the way in which Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired is “surprising, disturbing, even alarming” and was done in a “humiliating” manner. Coons stated what while
President Donald Trump’s strategic pivot toward tariffs marks the ascent of National Trade Council Director and former University of California Irvine professor Peter Navarro, who has warned Americans for a decade against committing “Death by China.”
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu warned Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo Wednesday that any new top diplomat in America must learn “how to behave” before addressing Ankara, claiming Turkey “would like to work with” anyone nominated to the post.
The Chinese state newspaper Global Times chided U.S. President Donald Trump in a piece analyzing the removal of now former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday, claiming the high turnover in the administration shows Trump has a “lack of willingness or ability” to “see disagreements resolved.”
The Family Research Council (FRC) said in a statement Tuesday that the nomination of Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State will enhance the administration’s goal of a return to “American values and principles” and make support for human rights and religious freedom a priority.
Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” host Jake Tapper reacted to the news President Donald Trump removed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and criticized Trump for not firing him to his face as he had on the NBC’s long-running reality TV show,
“This about China being our intellectual and economic enemy,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Tuesday after Trump announced Mike Pompeo’s appointment.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s seemingly sudden dismissal by President Donald Trump comes after a year of constant stories about his impending departure. He had a number of significant policy and messaging disputes with the president, and every one of them was followed by a chorus of unnamed administration sources telling reporters that Tillerson’s ouster was imminent.
Rex Tillerson, the outgoing secretary of state, gave his last official State Department press briefing room statement Tuesday, announcing he would relinquish his duties at midnight and formally depart on March 31.
Trump’s prospective new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is a drastic improvement on his predecessor.
White House officials quickly fired the State Department’s press secretary after he contradicted the administration’s description of Secretary Rex Tillerson’s forced exit, according to the Associated Press.
On Tuesday’s “MSNBC Live,” MSNBC Senior National Security and Intelligence Contributor and former CIA Director John Brennan argued that outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was dismissed because he “was far too principled, and not sufficiently loyal to Donald Trump,”
President Donald Trump has announced the removal of Rex Tillerson from his position as Secretary of State after just over a year in office.
Vice President Mike Pence quickly issued a message of support for President Donald Trump’s decision to replace Rex Tillerson with Mike Pompeo as secretary of state and to tap Gina Haspel as the first woman to lead the CIA.
President Donald Trump bid a swift farewell to Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, telling reporters that his now-former secretary of state would be “much happier” after he was fired from the administration.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “MSNBC Live,” former Senator Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) stated that while the firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson might have been coming anyway for many reasons, “those who still do not believe that there’s a problem in the
While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, President Trump stated that while he got along with ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, “we were not really thinking the same. With Mike Pompeo, we have a very similar thought process.” Trump also
President Donald Trump announced that CIA director Mike Pompeo would be the new Secretary of State, replacing former Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson.
Contents: General warns of US security danger if China acquires Djibouti seaport; China continues influence through ‘debt trap’ policies
Contents: Kenya’s bitter rivals, Kenyatta and Odinga, become ‘brothers’ as Tillerson arrives; The Donald Trump – Kim Jong-un meeting hinges on a decision that Kim has already made
The State Department’s concerted effort to highlight predatory lending and military expansion by Beijing’s Communist Party has triggered stern condemnation from China’s foreign ministry and state media, both of which have urged the international community to ignore Washington’s “carping” on the issue.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned African states to be wary of incurring too much debt from creditor China, which seeks to “encourage dependency” to undermine their sovereignty, in a speech Monday before heading on his first trip as America’s top diplomat to the country.
China’s Communist Party has spent years promoting the value its “One Belt, One Road” infrastructure project could have for Africa. As the Trump administration ramps up its campaign to turn Africa away from China, some columnists throughout the continent appear to be listening.
The State Department’s top official on Africa told reporters on Monday that Washington is growing concerned with China’s presence on the continent, particularly the “high rates of indebtedness” incurred by African countries accepting concessionary loans from Beijing.
President Donald Trump spared no one in his orbit on Saturday night during a speech in which he roasted his friends, foes, former staffers, and even his wife first Melania Trump in 34 minutes on the stage.
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Mitt Romney kicked off his run to replace Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Friday. As Romney makes his bid to become a new Never Trump pole in the U.S. Senate, here are some of his most notable forays into politics since losing to Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.
The government of dictator Bashar al-Assad confirmed on Monday that it would send Syrian military troops into Afrin to fight against the Turkish military, which invaded the northern province last month.
