He wasn't being very diplomatic by calling his boss a "moron."
Certainly not. Even if your boss
is a moron, it's not the brightest thing to do so publicly. (I've had a moron or two for a
boss in my life but never said so publicly. I once told one such boss to his
face I thought he was being a moron, and
while he wasn't exactly thrilled over it I think the fact that I said it to his face kept my head out of the guillotine . . . at least
for another year or so.)
And if that incident happened several weeks ago, why not dump him then, when Tillerson
did call his boss a moron pub-
licly? Even someone who thinks Donaldus Minimus might be a moron would say D.M. was well within his right to dump Tillerson
right then and there, or at least within a week. And D.M. could have named Pompeo to succeed Tillerson then, whatever you
do or don't think of Pompeo, if that's who he had in mind as a successor should Tillerson falter.