along that well and all of that of course contributed to the firing of rex tillerson but it looks like rex tillerson has not been told by the president himself that he was fired and why he was fired because and as you ve been saying you know he had business to being pushed out for months really vow to hold on to his job so why does this come now. well the white house. this is now because donald trump wants to reassemble restructure his foreign policy and national security team had of a potential summit with north korean dictator kim jong un and in that way dead would make sense then it s of course interesting to see whether there will be more changes the national security adviser general mouse is one candidate that has been in the spotlight for some time now the speculation that he might be on the
korea decision with consultation from many people but i made that decision by myself. i actually got along well with rex but really it was a different mindset it was a different thank you. i d. say it again. i respect his intellect i respect the process that we ve all gone through together we have a very good relationship for whatever reason time is whatever it is why do people get along i ve always right from the beginning from day one i got along well with by phone i frankly i get along well with rex too and you know i we record a lot of good things i think he s going to do i think he s going to be very happy i think rex will be much happier now but i really appreciate his service but with
the an already difficult relationship the transatlantic relations of the current he has with with the u.s. but you can be sure that behind the scenes this is unsettling news the big problem when i talk to diplomats who travel to the u.s. to politicians who travel to us the response was always the same we don t know who really speaks for this administration other than donald trump so i think coston got it bang on when he says the president is the one who s calling the shots and there s always this insecurity who else can we trust who can we rely on when it comes to the u.s. administration s point a few of certain issues now this adds to the engine insecurity on the european site especially garrett because they built a relationship with rex tillerson what kind of partner was he for the european union. absolutely look he came to brussels to meet nato to meet the e.u. institutions in d.c.
people since the office so why didn t the big surprise oh it s interesting you mentioned it i mean this is close to the midterm elections after two years he s now saying trump is now saying he s approaching what is a perfect cabinet so after the midterm elections normally we speak of the president almost as a lame duck so it s a little late in the game to do these kinds of kinds of things was it a surprise in a way it was because rex tillerson himself was surprised maybe the method of doing a pretty tweet is also an orthodox but nice way to put it yes a very unorthodox but on the other hand yes there have been tensions all along there have been a lot of contradictions rex tillerson was the last man standing as a moderate to india and in the cabinet and so in that sense we know that donald trump doesn t like to be contradicted and so maybe was the only one who s still to . christopher what kind of reactions have to be getting here in germany well i was in palm and there today and i sort
with mike bomb failed now for quite some time. from mendis energy tremendous in the last year always on the same wavelength. the relationship has been very good that s what i did as secretary of state i wish rex tillerson well gina by the way why i know very well why i work very closely well be the first woman director of the cia she is an outstanding personal also i have gotten over well so i ve gotten to know a lot of people very well over the last year and i m really at a point where we re getting very close to having the capital and other things that i want but i think mike pump aoe will be a truly great secretary of state i have total confidence in him and as far as rex tillerson is concerned i very much appreciate his commitment that his service and i wish him well and good down.