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According to those sources, Kelly recounted a very awkward conversation with Tillerson during which he informed the secretary that President Donald Trump would very likely soon fire him. The awkwardness was less a result of the contents of the conversation than its setting.
Tillerson, Kelly told the room, was suffering from a stomach bug during a diplomatic swing through Africa, and was using a toilet when Kelly broke the news to him.
Sources were stunned that, even in an off-record setting, Kelly would say thisto a room filled with White House officials and political reportersabout Tillerson, who does not officially leave the State Department until the end of the month.
Kelly is routinely touted as one of the more mature members of Trumps top brass and has often been branded as one of the adults in charge.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-kelly-rex-tillerson-was-on-the-toilet-when-i-told-him-hed-be-getting-fired?source=twitter&via=desktop
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)Fuck Them All.
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)And I don't think anyone can sound as angry as Trump does when he takes a shit.
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)I think we can routinely stop referring to Kelly as one of the more mature members of trumps top brass. Certainly Kelly should stop being branded as one of the adults in charge.
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)pandr32
(11,588 posts)What an uncouth bag of dirt.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)When I read this I thought what a vile piece of crap John Kelly is...
That is not information that needs to be shared even if it was true....that is personal details of bodily functions and if in fact Tillerson did have a stomach bug and was suffering on the Loo, than it makes it even more vile that Kelly felt it necessary to simulataneusly deliver the message he had been fired and then to detail that to the media...
GWC58
(2,678 posts)corn stuffed shit!
onlyadream
(2,166 posts)Hopefully hell call Mueller and have a nice, long conversation.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)The guy's on the john dealing with a case of travelers' trots and Kelly hollers through the bathroom door, "Hey, Rex, you're fired!" Seriously?
kwassa
(23,340 posts)in a shithouse country?
TalenaGor
(1,104 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)Ok ok. I'm not insulting trailer parks: But, he sounds more suited to that job than being a military general....
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)Thank you, I'll be here all week.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Pretty gross IMHO.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)Tanuki
(14,918 posts)This maladministration always projects something they did onto someone else. What's Rex supposed to do....issue a statement saying that he wasn't sitting on the toilet?
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)That's how despicable that bastard is.
Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Thrill
(19,178 posts)Tillerson should start talking
lkinwi
(1,477 posts)I used to think that their circular firing squad was funny. Now its just plain sad. Sad for them and sad for our country.