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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1032830)	10/4/2017 12:35:46 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574307

Tillerson openly called Trump a MORON, almost resigned in July… Oct. 4, 2017 9:10 am by The Right Scoop Now this is interesting. It sounds like Tillerson might not be with the Trump administration for much longer: NY POST – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson referred to President Trump as a “moron” after a July 20 meeting at the Pentagon — and was on the verge of resigning amid clashes with the administration, according to a report on Wednesday. Vice President Mike Pence managed to persuade Tillerson — who is fourth in line to the presidency — to remain in the job at least until the end of the year, officials told NBC News. Pence has since urged Tillerson to be respectful of the president, urging that any disagreements be sorted out in-house, a White House official told NBC News. Tensions between Tillerson and Team Trump came to a boil around the time the president delivered a politicized address to the Boy Scouts of America, which Tillerson led for two years, according to the network. A few days before the speech, Tillerson openly disparaged Trump as a “moron” during a meeting with members of his national security team and cabinet members, three officials told NBC News. But despite the apparent rapprochement, tensions persist between the two men — notably this weekend, when Trump appeared to publicly scold Tillerson over his handling of North Korean crisis. NBC News interviewed a dozen current and former senior administration officials for its report, as well as others who are close to Trump. Tillerson — who was in Texas for his son’s wedding when Trump addressed the Boy Scouts — threatened not to return to Washington, three people with direct knowledge of the threats told NBC News. He stood down after speaking with retired Gen. John Kelly, who would soon replace Reince Priebus as chief of staff, and Defense Secretary James Mattis, four sources told the network. Pence then gave Tillerson a “pep talk” in Washington, one of these officials said, but also told the secretary that he had to figure out a way to move forward within Trump’s policy framework. Kelly and Mattis have remained Tillerson’s staunchest allies in the cabinet. In late July, “they did beg him to stay,” a senior administration official told NBC News. “They just wanted stability.” Wow. It took Kelly, Mattis, and Pence begging to convince him not to leave. They are right, it would have been YUGE news if Tillerson had dumped Trump especially after calling Trump a moron, and it sounds like he still might leave after the year is up. My guess is that Nikki Haley would be next in line to get that job and to be honest, I wouldn’t mind that one iota. Read more: therightscoop.com [ My reaction is so what? I can't believe there's a single person who works for him who doesn't think he's a moron. Every now and then, they're going to say what they're thinking. Someday, the man will be out of the WH and the stories that come out (from EVERYONE) will be unbelievable. ]

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1032830)	10/4/2017 12:40:56 PM
From: zzpat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574307

Bush was and remains the only president in US history who was forced to retract words from the State of the Union because they were lies (the yellow cake lies were known lies at the time he used them). Obviously, every word he said about WMDs was a lie and history tell us so. So now you're left defending the lies Bush told that resulted in war and hundreds of thousands of innocent people being killed for no reason. The people of Iraq did nothing to the US and we both know it. Why did our military engage in war against them without cause? Blaming others for the war Bush lied about seems juvenile and yet you can't stop.