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Rex Tillerson: Secretary of state fired by Trump in Russia warning

Sacked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned of Russia's "troubling behaviour and actions" in a parting statement after being fired by President Donald Trump.

He pointedly failed to thank Mr Trump or praise his policies.

The former ExxonMobil chief had a series of public rifts with the White House after being appointed last year.

Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43391982

He's on the job until March 31st, I guess, that's a two week notice. We might look back and think, ol' Rex was pretty good. Now, this Iran deal misunderstanding between Trump and Tillerson might be of some importance. That's for analysis; but I think he did well and this parting shot at Russia is telling. 

Telling that indeed, Russia is a threatening nation apparently. This Pompeo looks pretty hard-core and no friend of Russia but RT is a good man.
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2018, 02:04:08 am »
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Rex Tillerson sacking signals tougher line on Tehran

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“We got along actually quite well, but we disagreed on things,” Trump told White House reporters.

“When you look at the Iran deal, I think it’s terrible. I guess he thought it was OK. I wanted to either break it or do something and he felt a little bit differently, so we were not really thinking the same.”

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