dagblog - Comments for "White House readies plan to replace Tillerson with Pompeo at State, install Cotton at CIA" http://dagblog.com/link/white-house-readies-plan-replace-tillerson-pompeo-state-install-cotton-cia-23980 Comments for "White House readies plan to replace Tillerson with Pompeo at State, install Cotton at CIA" en Hmmm,I may be wrong but it http://dagblog.com/comment/245591#comment-245591 <a id="comment-245591"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/white-house-readies-plan-replace-tillerson-pompeo-state-install-cotton-cia-23980">White House readies plan to replace Tillerson with Pompeo at State, install Cotton at CIA</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Hmmm,I may be wrong but it almost looks to me like this is the strange way Kelly has to execute "plans", leak it and let the boss disavow and say he his in charge, and <em>then </em>do it so it looks like Trump decided it was a good idea?</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/tillerson-state-departure-reports-laughable.html?_r=0">Trump Rejects Reports That His Top Diplomat is Departing</a></p> <div> <p>By Gardener Harris @ NYTimes.com, Dec. 1</p> <blockquote> <p>WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday rejected reports that he would soon fire Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson as “fake news,” but declared that “I call the final shots” as he acknowledged his disagreements with his top diplomat.</p> <p>The president’s tweet was posted a few hours after Mr. Tillerson described reports this week that the White House wanted him to resign as “laughable.”</p> <p>“He’s not leaving and while we disagree on certain subjects, (I call the final shots) we work well together and America is highly respected again!” Mr. Trump wrote in a midafternoon tweet defending Mr. Tillerson.</p> <p>It marked an operatic turn in Mr. Tillerson’s tenure after months of reports that he would soon leave the Trump administration. The latest round was fueled by a plan to force out Mr. Tillerson that was conceived by John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, and unveiled by senior administration officials on Thursday.</p> <p>The State Department spokeswoman, Heather Nauert, denied on Thursday that Mr. Tillerson was leaving. But the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, notably did not [....]</p> </blockquote> </div> </div></div></div> Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:21:21 +0000 artappraiser comment 245591 at http://dagblog.com