Donald Trump fires Rex Tillerson and everyone’s making the same point
Donald Trump has fired his secretary of state Rex Tillerson and everyone is making the same point.
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Trump just fired Tillerson and I can’t for the life of me work out why. pic.twitter.com/vmKSo4XRpy
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) March 13, 2018
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Yesterday Rex Tillerson confirmed that Russia was responsible for the nerve agent attack on former spy in London, which the WH has refused to acknowledge.
Today Tillerson is fired as Secretary of State. While friction with Trump was months-old, the abrupt timing here is suspect.
— Beau Willimon (@BeauWillimon) March 13, 2018
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BREAKING: Life moves pretty fast… pic.twitter.com/QZKDiX5Kcl
— The DM Reporter (@DMReporter) March 13, 2018
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Monday, March 12, 2018
Tillerson criticizes RussiaTuesday, March 13, 2018
Trump fires Tillersonhttps://t.co/D2HNrukdFZ— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 13, 2018
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE pic.twitter.com/0CouhAMXMJ
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 13, 2018
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Rex Tillerson, recipient of the Russian Order of Friendship, canned by Trump for being too tough on Russia.
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) March 13, 2018
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Breaking: Vladimir Putin sacks Rex Tillerson.
— Oonagh (@Okeating) March 13, 2018
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A sobering instruction in who our friends are. Europe: steadfast support. US: equivocation followed by the sacking of the one official who backed us.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) March 13, 2018
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Wait, I can't keep up, is Rex Tillerson another porn star?
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) March 13, 2018
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I am not happy with the way Vladimir Putin is running America.
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) March 13, 2018
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Firing Rex Tillerson is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. They've been rearranged a lot. We should all have learned by now that nothing will really change. The problem is at the very top. https://t.co/T6lh6jLNqO
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 13, 2018
Rachel’s going to need a bigger screen. pic.twitter.com/sU6SE4EexS
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 13, 2018
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White House departures, part 1:
Michael Flynn
Katie Walsh
K.T. McFarland
Michael Dubke
Sean Spicer
Michael Short
Tera Dahl
Mark Corallo
Reince Priebus
Anthony Scaramucci
Derek Harvey
George Sifakis
Ezra Cohen-Watnick
Carl Icahn…— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 13, 2018
White House departures, part 2:
Steve Bannon
Sebastian Gorka
Rich Higgins
William Bradford
Keith Schiller
Tom Price
Jamie Johnson
John Feeley
Rick Dearborn
Jeremy Katz
Carl Higbie
Dina Powell
Omarosa Manigault Newman
Taylor Weyeneth
Rob Porter
David Sorensen…— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 13, 2018
White House departures, part 3:
Brenda Fitzgerald
Rachel Brand
Hope Hicks
Josh Raffel
Gary Cohn
Rex Tillerson
h/t @cnn https://t.co/bIrPonjrWQ— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 13, 2018
Here is how Trump announced it.
Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018
And how Tillerson responded.
Remarkable statement from State Department spokesman on Tillerson firing: pic.twitter.com/iBpLaK1tXw
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 13, 2018
In separate but not entirely unrelated news …
NEW: 140 House Democrats have signed a letter demanding that Trump impose sanctions on Russia, saying his refusal to do so "has allowed President Putin to operate with impunity."
The letter concludes by warning Trump: "The future of our democracy is on the line." pic.twitter.com/0fCWB21M5z
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) March 12, 2018
