other democratic leaders, they re the ones that have to move the party forward. the other part he knows any time he weighs in on things, he consolidates the republican party behind donald trump. because of the nature of these things and what he doesn t want to do is make it easier. he has decided to take a step back. it is considered what he was going to do. of all the thing on the trump presidential watch. you write that it was the boy scout speech. what the tone was when president trump spoke at that jamboree. roll it. do you remember that incredible night with the maps and the republicans are red and the democrats are blue and that map was so red, it was
state while he is on a trip overseas to repair relations and to do so through a tweet really sends a signal of disrespect to someone who gave up a private sector life to serve. it s really going to undercut our future diplomacy. who is going to trust our next secretary of state and trust he really does have the backing of the president? it s going to make it very hard. as peter alluded to, this was probably not the healthiest of relationships. here s a reminder. in june and july of last year, it was secretary of state rex tillerson and his boss president trump battling over the paris climate accord. saudi arabia s fight in july. that s when tillerson called trump a moron which he never actually flat out denied. tillerson once headed the boy scouts. not happy with the president s very political boy scout speech. they also delivered on the iranian nuclear deal. in august, tillerson said trump, quote, speaks for himself. on charlottesville in october,
boy scouts, reporting it was strange moment. boy scout speech happens and reaction of shock from people. boy scout speech and out there very political, rails against hillary clinton if i m not mistaken. talking about his own election. tillerson is in texas at that point and reporting at the time that he was upset by it. does that track with what you learned? more around that time things came to head. secretary mattis and then homeland security secretary now chief of staff john kelly tried to convince tillerson to stay. comes back to d.c. after the speech and has a meeting with vice president pence. role different. you need to be more respectful of the president and on board publicly. if you have disagreement s resolve them privately and gave him what was described as pep talk.
the president a moron where tillerson was also frustrated, generally, with the way the president was handling his advice and so this came to a head then. then the president gives speech at boy scouts of the america that is politicized and tillerson is eagle scout and former head of the organization and that was frustrating for them too. yeah. before that. moron or effing moron? unclear. but you know good feel there s a little bit of a difference. definitely moron. boy scouts, reporting it was strange moment. boy scout speech happens and reaction of shock from people. boy scout speech and out there very political, rails against hillary clinton if i m not mistaken. talking about his own election. tillerson is in texas at that point and reporting at the time that he was upset by it.
juan: he won again in terms of lying about the boy scout speech. greg: what you are seeing, you re seeing the conflict between words and deeds. one is focusing on language in conversation and meetings and jesse is bringing up things that are actually happening. he s appointed five judges, he got a governor to turn over. destroying isis means more to america than something he made up about the boy scouts. maybe he lied about the boy scouts. i don t care, isis is gone. if i have a president that lies about the boy scouts to destroy isis, i ll take the liar. it jesse: it you wouldn t take a liar if you re republican who said i was promised repeal d replace on health care, that s not language, that s greg: everybody shares that blame. juan: this grand jury, you