Rex Tillerson Exposes Trump's Greatest Weakness

EghtesadOnline: Since being fired by President Donald Trump as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson has kept a very low profile. But on Thursday night in Houston, Tillerson broke that silence in a big way.

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09 December 2018

Here's how he described the "why" behind the breakdown of his relationship with the President,according to the Houston Chronicle:

"So often, the president would say here's what I want to do and here's how I want to do it and I would have to say to him, Mr. President I understand what you want to do but you can't do it that way. It violates the law."

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The president would tell the secretary of state how he wanted things done and the secretary of state would have to tell him it couldn't be done the way he wanted because that was illegal?

This is all fine!

What's scary about Tillerson's admission? A few things.

1) Trump either doesn't know the law or doesn't care about the law

2) This isn't the first time we've heard of this sort of I-am-the-law, Judge Dredd-like behavior from the president.

On that second point, remember that former FBI director James Comey has testified -- under oath -- that Trump, in a one-on-one meeting, asked him to put aside the justice department investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The president publicly pressured former attorney general Jeff Sessions to take up an investigation of Hillary Clinton's email server.

Time and time again -- particularly in his interactions with the justice department -- Trump has shown that he has zero understanding of the limits of his job.

Tillerson described Trump as "a man who's undisciplined, doesn't like to read, doesn't read briefing reports, doesn't like to get into the details of a lot of things but rather says 'this is what I believe.'"

Later Friday, Trump responded to Tillerson's comments on Twitter, saying that his current secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, "is doing a great job," adding, "His predecessor, Rex Tillerson, didn't have the mental capacity needed. He was dumb as a rock and I couldn't get rid of him fast enough."