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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 08:26 AM Oct 2017

Trump, "furious" over MoronGate, considering replacing Wonderful Rex with CIA Director Mike Pompeo



Axios reports that Trump is considering forcing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson out of his administration and replacing him with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo, whom Trump is reportedly more comfortable dealing with on a regular basis.

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“Insiders say Trump’s relationship with Tillerson is broken beyond repair,” Axios reports. “We’re told Trump was furious that Tillerson didn’t try to blunt the story about him calling the president a ‘moron,’ by just going out and denying it.”

Trump was also reportedly angry that Tillerson’s “moron” comment overshadowed footage of him trying to comfort shooting victims in Las Vegas.

“After what Trump considered a strong trip to Vegas, he seethed when he got back and saw Tillerson’s gaffe dominating cable-news coverage,” Axios writes. “Everywhere he flipped, there was Tillerson’s face instead of his.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/trump-furious-that-tillerson-overshadowed-his-vegas-trip-so-he-may-replace-him-with-cia-director-report/


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Trump, "furious" over MoronGate, considering replacing Wonderful Rex with CIA Director Mike Pompeo (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2017 OP
"Everywhere he flipped, there was Tillersons face instead of his." WTF does that even mean??? winstars Oct 2017 #1
He's insanely narcissistic and is obsessed with seeing his face on the news, for good or bad reasons bearsfootball516 Oct 2017 #2
THAT is the unforgivable sin with traitor Don Va Lefty Oct 2017 #3
The only measure of anything that Trump understands is Ratings. That is his only Faith. PubliusEnigma Oct 2017 #6
He watches cable news and actually believes it underpants Oct 2017 #7
SNL needs to do a sketch about this story. bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #4
Mike Pompeo has his head so far up Trump's ass he may be dead from asphyxiation HAB911 Oct 2017 #5
I struggle ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #8
How any American Control-Z Oct 2017 #10
I thought ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #12
"wonderful rex" that seems a lax use of 'wonderful', even in irony. irisblue Oct 2017 #9
MoronGate DotardGate PendejoGate Achilleaze Oct 2017 #11

underpants

(182,829 posts)
7. He watches cable news and actually believes it
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 09:09 AM
Oct 2017

Mostly he just wants to see how much attention he's getting.

 

ClarendonDem

(720 posts)
8. I struggle
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 09:19 AM
Oct 2017

To put into words how completely unqualified Trump is for the office he holds. And that's before you even get into how disgusting a person he is. How any American can still support Trump is beyond me.

 

ClarendonDem

(720 posts)
12. I thought
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 10:10 AM
Oct 2017

That the "grab em" tape and mocking the reporter would sink his candidacy. The fact that people still supported him after that says a lot about the quality of Trump's supporters. I'm embarrassed on a daily basis by the fact that he is the president.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
11. MoronGate DotardGate PendejoGate
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 09:45 AM
Oct 2017

The republican's "family-values" role model & ignoble Draft-Dodger-in-Chief has certainly distinguished himself.

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