US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

Publisher: Washington Post

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28 Jun 2019

Tillerson: Jared Kushner left him in the dark on conversations with foreign leaders

In newly disclosed testimony, former secretary of state Rex Tillerson said President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, operated independently with powerful leaders around the world without coordination with the State Department, leaving Tillerson out of the loop and in the dark on emerging U.S. policies and simmering geopolitical crises.
In newly disclosed testimony, former secretary of state Rex Tillerson said President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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24 May 2019

Putin out-prepared Trump in key meeting, Rex Tillerson told House panel

Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Russian President Vladimir Putin out-prepared President Trump during a key meeting in Germany, putting the U.S. leader at a disadvantage during their first series of tête-à-têtes. The U.S. side anticipated a shorter meeting for exchanging courtesies, but it ballooned into a globe-spanning two-hour-plus session involving deliberations on a variety of geopolitical issues, said committee aides, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Tillerson’s seven-hour closed meeting with the committee.
Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Russian President...
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competence, donald trump, foreign policy, rex tillerson, russia
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Publisher: Politico

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5 Apr 2018

Rex Tillerson’s $12 million army of consultants

Now that Tillerson has been fired, the vaunted "Redesign" initiative he launched faces an uncertain future, but at least one clear legacy: around $12 million spent just for private consultants who in some cases charged the State Department more than $300 an hour.
Now that Tillerson has been fired, the vaunted "Redesign" initiative he launched faces an uncertain...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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13 Mar 2018

Rex Tillerson Out as Trump’s Secretary of State, Replaced by Mike Pompeo

President Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ousted Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and will replace him with Mike Pompeo, now the C.I.A. director, ending the 14-month tenure of the nation’s chief diplomat who repeatedly had found himself at odds with the White House on a variety of key foreign policy issues.
President Trump announced on Tuesday that he had ousted Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson and will replace...
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Publisher: Vox

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29 Nov 2017

Rex Tillerson hired a CEO to overhaul the State Department. She quit 3 months into the job.

The woman who Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chose to help him streamline the State Department just quit after only three months on the job. It’s the latest in a string of high-profile resignations that highlights growing chaos and declining morale at the top agency in charge of carrying out US foreign policy.
The woman who Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chose to help him streamline the State Department just quit after...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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12 Oct 2017

‘He threw a fit’: Trump’s anger over Iran deal forced aides to scramble for a compromise

President Trump was livid. Why, he asked his advisers in mid-July, should he go along with what he considered the failed Obama-era policy toward Iran and prop up an international nuclear deal he saw as disastrous? He was incensed by the arguments of Secretary of State Rex ­Tillerson, Defense  Secretary Jim Mattis and others that the landmark 2015 deal, while flawed, offered stability and other benefits.
President Trump was livid. Why, he asked his advisers in mid-July, should he go along with what he considered the...
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donald trump, extreme measures, foreign policy, governance, iran, rex tillerson, trump cabinet
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Publisher: NYTimes

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5 Oct 2017

Rex Tillerson, Trump’s Secretary of State, ‘Never Considered Leaving’ the Job

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson  insisted on Wednesday that he has never considered resigning, despite what associates have described as deep frustration. But he did not deny a report that he has grown so disenchanted with President Trump that he once referred to him as a “moron.”
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson  insisted on Wednesday that he has never considered resigning,...
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2 Oct 2017

Trump says Tillerson is ‘wasting his time’ trying to pursue negotiations with North Korea

President Trump signaled Sunday that he does not believe that attempts at direct communications with North Korea are worth the effort despite escalating tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. A day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggested that the United  States maintains “lines of communications” with Kim Jong Un's regime, Trump wrote on Twitter that Tillerson is “wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man” — his nickname for Kim.
President Trump signaled Sunday that he does not believe that attempts at direct communications with North Korea are...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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7 Aug 2017

Diplomats Question Tactics of Tillerson, the Executive Turned Secretary of State

Even skeptics of Mr. Tillerson’s foreign policy credentials thought the State Department, an agency of 75,000 employees, could use some of the management skills he had picked up as the head of a major corporation. Mr. Tillerson was supposed to know that leaders of large organizations  should quickly pick a trusted team, focus on big issues, delegate small ones and ask for help from staff members when needed.He has done none of those things, his critics contend.
Even skeptics of Mr. Tillerson’s foreign policy credentials thought the State Department, an agency of...
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Publisher: NY Magazine

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15 Jul 2017

Secretary of State Gives Up on Diplomacy, Berates White House

A few months ago, Rex Tillerson was the chief executive of the world’s largest oil company — which is to say, he was the authoritarian ruler of a private empire powerful enough to bend nation-states to its will. Now, he finds himself widely derided as the least influential secretary of State in modern memory — one who appears to be a subordinate of a 36-year-old  trust-fund dilettante who bought his way into Harvard, and married himself into power. Jared Kushner has (reportedly) undermined  Tillerson’s attempts to shape foreign policy, while the White House won’t let him staff his department with anyone but pro-Trump sycophants.
A few months ago, Rex Tillerson was the chief executive of the world’s largest oil company — which is to say, he was...
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12 Jul 2017

Rex Tillerson: Qatari position in Gulf row ‘reasonable’

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters in Doha that the Qatari government had "reasonable" views in the month-old diplomatic  crisis with Arab neighbours. "I think Qatar has been quite clear in its positions, and I think those have been very reasonable," Tillerson said after his arrival in Doha on Tuesday. The quartet accuse Qatar of funding "terrorism", an accusation Qatar rejects as "baseless".
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters in Doha that the Qatari government had...
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Publisher: Talking Points Memo

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2 Jul 2017

Tillerson Clashes With Second Top White House Aide On Immigration

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson clashed with senior White House aide Stephen Miller last week, according to a report  published Friday by Politico, in his second reported confrontation with a senior staffer in President Donald Trump’s administration. Politico reported Friday, citing four unnamed sources familiar with Tillerson’s and Miller’s exchange in the West Wing, that Miller wanted Tillerson to take a tougher tack to immigration and modify State Department-controlled programs.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson clashed with senior White House aide Stephen Miller last week, according to a...
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Publisher: Politico

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29 Jun 2017

Present at the Destruction: How Rex Tillerson Is Wrecking the State Department

I worked in Foggy Bottom for 6 years. I’ve never seen anything like this. When Rex Tillerson was announced as secretary of state, there was a general feeling of excitement and relief in the department. After eight years of high-profile, jet-setting secretaries, the building was genuinely looking forward to having someone experienced in corporate management. Like all large, sprawling organizations, the State Department’s structure is in perpetual need of an organizational rethink. That was what was hoped for, but that is not what is happening. Tillerson is not reorganizing, he’s downsizing.
I worked in Foggy Bottom for 6 years. I’ve never seen anything like this. When Rex Tillerson was announced as...
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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16 Jun 2017

Tillerson calls for regime change in Iran

The new U.S. policy towards Iran includes regime change, according to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson  was asked on Wednesday whether the United States supports regime change  inside Iran. He replied in the affirmative, saying that U.S. policy is driven by relying on “elements inside of Iran” to bring about “peaceful transition of that government.”
The new U.S. policy towards Iran includes regime change, according to Secretary of State Rex...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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10 Jun 2017

Trump Team’s Shifts Jolt Some Allies and Soothe Others

President Trump scrambled American diplomacy on two fronts on Friday, delivering a stinging rebuke of Qatar at the very moment his secretary of state was trying to mend fences in the Persian Gulf, while at the same time reaffirming support for NATO two weeks after he had declined to do so.
President Trump scrambled American diplomacy on two fronts on Friday, delivering a stinging rebuke of...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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27 Apr 2017

State Department Understaffing Is Likely to Linger Into 2018

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson wants to restructure the department before he fills top posts, an aide said — a timeline that alarms many of its veterans. Whatever the future — even if it involves drastic reductions — there is a near-universal wish among State Department employees for Mr. Tillerson to lead them to it, and soon. The wait is taking a toll. “With very little guidance coming from the secretary’s office, rumors of draconian cuts abound, and many dedicated and extremely knowledgeable civil servants are electing to leave,” said Robert G. Berschinski, a top Obama administration diplomat.
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson wants to restructure the department before he fills top posts, an aide said — a...
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21 Apr 2017

US accuses Iran of ‘alarming provocations’ amid nuclear tensions

The US secretary of state has accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" aimed at destabilising the Middle East and undermining America's interests."An unchecked Iran has the potential to travel the same path as North Korea and to take the world along with it," Rex Tillerson said. The US has ordered a review of the Iran nuclear deal, although it admits Iran is complying with its commitments.
The US secretary of state has accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" aimed at destabilising the...
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Publisher: Vox

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7 Apr 2017

“It’s just weird”: a former employee on Rex Tillerson’s empty State Department

Details coming out of Rex Tillerson’s State Department tell a story of staff vacancies, scarce meetings, and general bewilderment from aides who have worked through multiple administrations. The emerging picture is of a secretary of state who has given little direction to his team on how he plans to run the diplomatic wing of the US government. State Department employees are even discouraged from making eye contact with Tillerson while he’s in the office, the Washington Post reported last week.
Details coming out of Rex Tillerson’s State Department tell a story of staff vacancies, scarce meetings, and general...
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12 Mar 2017

Tillerson Leads From State Dept. Shadows as White House Steps In

In the Washington of President Trump, Rex W. Tillerson has taken an understated approach that can be seen as brilliant, mystifying or a prescription for powerlessness. Mr. Tillerson has skipped every opportunity to define his views or give guidance to American diplomats abroad, limiting himself to terse, scripted statements, taking no questions from reporters and offering no public protest when the White House proposed cutting the State Department budget by 37 percent without first consulting him.
In the Washington of President Trump, Rex W. Tillerson has taken an understated approach that can be seen as brilliant,...
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Publisher: Vox

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25 Feb 2017

Trump has sidelined Rex Tillerson just when the US most needs a strong secretary of state

President Trump isn’t allowing Tillerson to shape policy, choose staff, or speak to the press. On Thursday, a pair of devastating articles in Politico and the Washington Post described how the former Exxon Mobil CEO has been cut out of the loop on major foreign policy shifts, slapped down by the White House on personnel choices, and given virtually no opportunities to make public appearances with President Trump.
President Trump isn’t allowing Tillerson to shape policy, choose staff, or speak to the press. On Thursday, a pair of...
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Publisher: The Guardian

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19 Dec 2016

Leak reveals Rex Tillerson was director of Bahamas-based US-Russian oil firm

Tillerson – the chief executive of ExxonMobil – became a director of the oil company’s Russian subsidiary, Exxon Neftegas, in 1998. His name – RW Tillerson – appears next to other officers who are based at Houston, Texas; Moscow; and Sakhalin, in Russia’s far east.
Tillerson – the chief executive of ExxonMobil – became a director of the oil company’s Russian...
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Publisher: Talking Points Memo

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15 Dec 2016

Why did Trump pick Rex Tillerson?

For all the criticism and intrigue about Rex Tillerson's ties to Russia, his lack of any conventional foreign policy experience (despite having contended with various world leaders) and status as an oil company executive, just why did Trump pick him? Article suggests that the only reasonable guess is his willingness to execute a friendly deal with Russia
For all the criticism and intrigue about Rex Tillerson's ties to Russia, his lack of any conventional foreign policy...
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Publisher: The Guardian

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14 Dec 2016

Russia and conflicts of interest: Rex Tillerson embodies quandaries for Trump

Trumps choice for Secretary of state in the face of allegations that Russia interfered with US elections and Mr. Tillerson's business dealing with Putin reek of "conflict of interest". Mr. Trump himself had promised to clarify his involvement with his businesses during his presidency which he did by tweeting that his sons will be running his business and they will not sign any new deals, backing out of a promised press conference on this topic.
Trumps choice for Secretary of state in the face of allegations that Russia interfered with US elections and Mr....
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Publisher: NYTimes

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14 Dec 2016

Under Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil Forged Its Own Path Abroad

Mr. Tillerson, was responsible for undermining US government and signing Oil deals with various regimes around the world. In Iraq he empowered the Kurds, in Africa he signed deals with repressive regimes, outing other oil companies and undermining democracies.
Mr. Tillerson, was responsible for undermining US government and signing Oil deals with various regimes around the...
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