Trump's public order to Secretary of State Tillerson to stop seeking dialogue with North Korea jus

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I think Trump was publicly mocking Tillerson today!!

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I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man...

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...Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done!
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Dave Lawler 1 hr ago

Trump v. Trump admin on foreign policy


https://www.axios.com/trump-v-trump-admin-on-foreign-policy-2491665503.html

Lazaro Gamio / Axios

President Trump's public order to Secretary of State Tillerson to stop seeking dialogue with North Korea — just a day after Tillerson confirmed talks were taking place — follows a pattern noted by Tony Blinken, a top State Dept. official under Barack Obama, in a NY Times op-ed one month ago.

The bottom line: A series of highly significant foreign policy pronouncements have been almost instantaneously undermined as Trump and his top officials contradict one another.


Blinken writes...

"Mr. Trump threatens to make South Korea pay for missile defense and seems to invite Seoul and Tokyo to build their own nuclear arsenals; Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis jumps in to say never mind.

"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson seeks to calm the crisis between Saudi Arabia and Qatar; Mr. Trump's tweets embolden the Saudis to double down in the feud.

"Mr. Tillerson, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Mr. Mattis and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., advocate preserving the nuclear agreement with Iran; Mr. Trump scolds, 'If it was up to me,...............................

"Mr. Trump calls for banning transgender people from the military; an array of senior Pentagon officials, including General Dunford, say the policy remains unchanged. When Mr. Trump finally issues a formal order weeks later, Mr. Mattis says it will require further study to implement.
"Mr. Pence, in the Baltics, praises tough ....................

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1. He's a danger to the world, GOP leadership knows this, but they continue to do nothing,

in their quest for tax cuts for the corpos and the rich. Don't want to get the Koch piggy bank cut off. Everyday I have less hope that anything will be done in time to avoid a planetary disaster.

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2. We are cursed. NT

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3. AND he called Tillerson "wonderful"

Expect him to be gone soon. That's Trump's kiss of death, along with "full confidence in..."