Squirrels, aisle 7

[kpete]

NEW: The White House has a plan to replace Tillerson with Pompeo and put Tom Cotton in charge at the CIA within weeks

WASHINGTON — The White House has developed a plan to force out Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, whose relationship with President Trump has been strained, and replace him with Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director, within the next several weeks, senior administration officials said on Thursday.

Mr. Pompeo would be replaced at the C.I.A. by Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas who has been a key ally of the president on national security matters, according to the White House plan. Mr. Cotton has signaled that he would accept the job if offered, said the officials, who insisted on anonymity to discuss sensitive deliberations before decisions are announced.

It was not immediately clear whether Mr. Trump has given final approval to the plan, but he has been said to have soured on Mr. Tillerson and in general is ready to make a change at the State Department.

John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, developed the transition plan and has discussed it with other officials. Under his plan, the shake-up of the national security team would happen around the end of the year or shortly afterward.


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[Botany]

1. rearanging deck chairs on the titanic

[dalton99a]

2. Don't look at the tax bill

[LiberalArkie]

3. Please, This is the bestest news I have heard.

Tom Cotton leaving Arkansas. OMG.

[FarCenter]

4. Who would the governor appoint as his replacement?

[TexasTowelie]

6. I suspect that AG Lisa Rutledge is on the list

and would accept an appointment. Rutledge is even worse than Tom Cotton.

[LiberalArkie]

7. Yea, but she is more batshit crazy as Cotton. Cotton is dangerous as a senator

but at the CIA, he would have to keep his mouth shut.

[dhol82]

5. OMG! Cotton is nuttier than a fruitcake!

The CIA was in trouble to start with, this will totally destroy it.

Do these people think at all or is this just another Putin plot to take us over?