He got our attention.
https://twitter.com/CillizzaCNN/status/1071086960842891265
Tillerson says Trump was a “pretty undisciplined” man who “doesn’t like to read” and often had to be reminded about the law https://t.co/mybdx3xX7S
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 7, 2018
Rex Tillerson breaks his silence: Trump is impulsive, hates reading, and floated illegal plans https://t.co/wohskbjrTu
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 7, 2018
These statements by Rex Tillerson on @POTUS are quite extraordinary. If @realDonaldTrump tried to do illegal things AS PRESIDENT, what makes anyone think he didn't do illegal things when he wasn't yet president? https://t.co/jWzDbCKVxJ
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 7, 2018
Good question.
Also, the two go together, don’t they. He doesn’t read, he doesn’t like detail, he goes with his gut – all of which means he most likely has no idea what’s legal and what isn’t. He goes with his gut, and his gut always tells him that if he wants to do it, it must be legal, because hey, what else would his gut tell him? You’re not saying his gut is a disloyal traitor to him are you??! His criterion for what’s true is whether he believes it or not, so all he has to do is believe that what he wants to do is legal, and it becomes true that what he wants to do is legal.
Update needed already. He’s seen it; he’s steaming.
Mike Pompeo is doing a great job, I am very proud of him. 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. He was lazy as hell. Now it is a whole new ballgame, great spirit at State!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
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8 responses to “Quite extraordinary”
I am gobsmacked. Who would have believed a rapacious oil company boss would have more integrity than the POTUS?
Go home, America. You’re drunk.
Roj, I think we’re too drunk to go home safely. Will you be designated driver?
Of course Trump called him dumb. He calls everybody dumb when they see through him and decide they don’t like what they’re seeing…a box of rocks is way smarter than Trump. (When I hear him say things like that, I feel like asking him whether Tillerson is dumber than sedimentary rocks, dumber than igneous rocks, or only dumber than metamorphic rocks, and see what he would say).
I just marvel at how Trump only hires the smartest people and only fires the dumbest ones.
Huh. And the DOJ just filed a memorandum stating that Trump directed Michael Cohen to engage in two separate felonies. It’s almost like Trump has a habit of violating the law.
In your craziest dreams can you imagine Obama publicly insulting someone that way?
I think you’re on to something. We already knew working for Trump is stupid. Now we’ve got evidence that working for Trump actually makes you stupid. He might not be eating their brains, but he sure is sapping their smarts. Doesn’t seem to have done him any good, though. Can you get kuru through intellectual cannibalism?
Not sure about kuru but he sure isn’t sapping their smarts for his own use.
As the title of Rick Wilson’s book puts it, Everything Trump Touches Dies