nonprescription ibgard- calms the angry gut. president telling reporters he has confidence in secretary of state rex tillerson, yet in a magazine interview he said he has a higher iq than tillerson. he was asked about that. did you undercut the secretary of state today with the iq comment. no, i didn t undercutting anybody. i don t believe in undercutting people. joining me now is nan hayward, board of directors. cnn political commentators. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. good evening. nan, you heard president trump affirm his confidence in the secretary of state rex tillerson, but in an interview with forbes magazine, the president responded to reports that he called him by a moron, i think it s fake news, but if he did that, i guess we ll have to compare iq tests. and i can tell you who is going
i really actually see the iq comment as kind of a dry joke. i know president trump s humor. regardless, though, what i don t like is these public fights between officials in the administration. even if this was a democratic administration, obviously i m a republican, i wouldn t want to see it in a democratic administration. i think airing the country s dirty laundry, so to speak, should be done in private. every administration has competing forces, battles back and forth, people get let down or some people are happier someone else. i think it s best to keep it off twitter or keep it out of the public s cheer. now we re dealing with iran and not just syria. for the democrats and republicans and frankly for the country. within 24 hours, we re going to hear the president s decision. i am told it is to decertify,
rate, and he continues to repeat it. so it s odd. jonathan lemere, this is why i love the journalists we get to talk to here tonight. you wrote about the iq comment, trump on tillerson, the remark landed with a distinct hint of malice. the truth is, for as many words as this president knows and uses, he never says anything by accident. there is a design behind everything, even if it s a seeming ad lib. right, and this is a president not known for his sense of humor. he knew what he was doing. this feud he has with the secretary of state who, in private, he s been bashing for weeks. he s been upset about any number of things. he was upset that the secretary of state criticized his response to charlottesville when the president said, there are good people on both sides. and tillerson came out and said, more or less the president speaks for himself and is not the moral conscience of this nation. he has told people he s upset,
jonathan lemere, this is why i love the journalists we get to talk to here tonight. you wrote about the iq comment, trump on tillerson, the remark landed with a distinct hint of malice. the truth is, for as many words as this president knows and uses, he never says anything by accident. there is a design behind everything, even if it s a seeming ad lib. right, and this is a president not known for his sense of humor. he knew what he was doing. relitigating in public yet again this feud, this dispute he has with the secretary of state who, in private, he s been bashing for weeks. he s been upset about any number of things. he was upset that the secretary of state criticized his response to charlottesville when the president said, there are good people on both sides. and tillerson came out and said,
challenging the secretary of state to an iq test after the report that tillerson called the president a moron. the president telling forbes magazine i think it s fake news but if he did that i guess we will have to compare iq tests and i can tell you who is going to win. did you undercut the secretary of state today with the iq comment. no, i didn t undercut anybody. i don t believe in undercutting anybody. thank you very much. you see him there with henry kissinger. sarah huckabee sanders forced to answer questions about the feud. we have got it all for you. garrett haake is in south carolina with lindsey graham someone who also feuded with the president from time to time. so, sarah huckabee sanders made it seem like everything is fine between the president and the secretary of state. to hear him tell the story, he