BREAKING: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was summoned to the White House amid presidential fury

[kpete]

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WASHINGTON — John Kelly, the White House chief of staff, abruptly scrapped plans to travel with President Donald Trump on Wednesday so he could try to contain his boss’s fury and manage the fallout from new revelations about tensions between the president and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, according to six senior administration officials.

Kelly summoned Tillerson, and their ally Defense Secretary James Mattis, to the White House, where the three of them huddled to discuss a path forward, according to three administration officials. The White House downplayed Kelly's decision to stay in Washington, saying he did so to manage day-to-day operations.


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Trump was furious when he saw the NBC News report, which was published shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday.

For the next two hours the president fumed inside the White House, venting to Kelly, officials said.



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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/tillerson-summoned-white-house-amid-presidential-fury-n808216?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

[Doreen]

1. Good bye Tillerson.

Can't say I am going to miss you.

[Kaleva]

9. Personally I think Tillerson, Mattis, Kelly and McMasters are the only adults present

[Squinch]

10. I don't know that I include Tillerson in that group. He has obliterated our international

diplomatic presence. That's not a good thing.

I understand that Trump(R) might just appoint Satan himself as the replacement, but I'm no Tillerson fan.

[Doreen]

20. I actually agree with you on that.

They are however being controlled by an evil 3 year old. I like adults but not these adults but we have to take what we can at this time.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Trump, in typical moronic fashion, furious at being called a moron. nt

[smirkymonkey]

18. Does he have any idea that "moron" is one of the nicest things

people on his staff calls him? If he only knew.

[JI7]

3. Kelly is trump's Nanny

[CAG]

4. Aahhh, him got his fee-fees hurt

Drumpf has a sad

[GusBob]

5. The whole thing is starting to be a joke

Not the kind of joke you laugh at.

Are these grown adults or 8th graders?

[Laurian]

6. The "tell all" books from this gawd awful abomination

are going to be a whole new level of WTF.

[Kaleva]

7. It's good to see adults discussing how to handle a problem child.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Tillerson. Have some self-respect,

Quit.

[NCjack]

12. Oh, please call him a whoremongering moron, followed with

"and I resign, effective immediately."

[Jim__]

11. The disaster in Puerto Rico is something to joke about.

But someone calls Trump a school-yard name and he goes insane. Not the person you want in charge of the country.

[Ilsa]

13. Trump vented 2 hours to Kelley?

Geez, what a whiner. Say your piece, give some orders, and be done with it. Don't whine for 2 hours like a spoiled toddler.

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Doesn't look good. Tomorrow is Friday.

[Different Drummer]

17. Yep. Traditionally, the day big stories drop. n/t

[lindysalsagal]

15. Tillerson does not need a job, children.

Not gonna cling like a politician.

[L. Coyote]

16. 4:20 PM, you sure this isn't code for a big weed break to calm their nerves?

It's legal in DC

[TomSlick]

19. This could get interesting.

All the retired generals in the WH started life as second lieutenants and worked their way up. A second lieutenants lot in life is to be frequently told that s/he is a moron. Even NCOs will "respectfully" let a 2LT know that s/he is an moron. The most senior military officer has to be respectful to the boss - no matter if s/he is a moron. All the retired generals in the WH have, at some point in their career, worked for a moron and had to remain respectful.

Tillerson does not have the military experience. He is a big-shot oil executive. He has no experience with having to be respectful to a moron boss or having a moron boss dress him down for calling him a moron.