‘I’m intact,’ Rex Tillerson says of his standing in Washington
2017-10-16 09:47:29 source：The Washington Post
October 16, 2017
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson defended his standing within the administration Sunday, saying President Trump’s social-media pronouncements on major global issues did not undercut the nation’s top diplomat.
“I’m not going to deal with that kind of petty stuff,” Tillerson said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” rejecting a chance to address reports that he called Trump a “moron” during a meeting of national security officials. “I don’t work that way.”
Tillerson’s appearances on the Sunday talk shows provided his most fulsome comments since NBC News reported that the secretary of state made the “moron” comment in response to Trump’s suggestion of a massive buildup in the nation’s nuclear stockpile. That was followed by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), a close Tillerson ally, suggesting that Trump had “castrated” the secretary of state with tweets undermining his diplomatic missions to China to try to resolve a standoff with North Korea over its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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