in december last year and he came at a time when donald trump not only questioned the iran nuclear deal where the us key bringing it about he also questions article five of nature the mutual defense mechanism the core that the transatlantic alliance is all about and it was also the time when he suggested for the first time that the embassy in israel could be moved to jerusalem so all very difficult topics and at that time and let me quote to rex tillerson what he said at the time when he came here basically assuring european partners that the u.s. will stand by their size he said the partnership between america and the european union is based on shared values shared objectives for security and prosperity on both sides of the atlantic and the u.s. remains fully committed to that relationship and that was the sort of language that went down very well with european partner that is the the core idea of a multilateral relationship something the e.u. was seeking to half with
publicly much longer as secretary of state, he sure didn t show it. rex tillerson delivered a statement of his own today thanking diplomats, soldiers and the american people, but leaving out the man he served for the past 14 months, donald trump. the only mention of the president was a reference to the fact that he didn t hear from him till hours after the news had broken. let s watch that. i received a call today from the president of the united states at a little after noontime from air force one and i ve also spoken to chief of staff kelly. i will be meeting members of my front office team and policy planning later today to thank them for their service. they have been extraordinarily dedicated to our mission which includes promoting values that view as being very important. correspondent jonathan swan national political reporter for axios and michael steele the former chair of the republican
i m predicting, you re predicting lamb tonight? right now slight edge democrat. looks about four. congressman charlie dent, today s firing of rex tillerson shows the president is willing to get rid of anybody who doesn t agree with him 100% of the time. he s the boss. i ain t no lincoln. trump is no lincoln. big surprise. you re watching hardball. ow ohh crawl inside wait by the light of the moon come to my window i ll be home soon i ll be home, i ll be home i m coming home come to my window ohh applebee s to go. order online and get $10 off $30. now that s eatin good in the neighborhood.
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good chemistry right from the beginning. > actually, rex is not the name of a dog. it s the name of the secretary of state. rex tillerson seemed to be out of the loop on foreign policy. he pushed talks with north korea when trump was arguing for fire and fury. last week, tillerson told reporters america was a long way from negotiations hours before president trump deputized the south koreans to inform them he agreed to meet with north korea by may. tillerson never denied a report he had called the president a moron last summer. i think trump remembered that. today nbc reported the president could never get past that naming of him as a moron. he talked about comparing iq scores. the white house and state department seem to offer count ker narratives when tillerson found out he was finished. according to nbc chief of staff john kelly spoke with tillerson by phone on friday and told him trump intended to ask him to