all right. president trump adding to questions about whether he respects and supports his own secretary of state rex tillerson. the president suggesting the two men could square off in an iq test after tillerson told him he was a moron. if he did that we ll have to compare iq tests and i can tell you who s going to win. the white house claims the president was joking when he made that comment, but jim accosta tells us that may not be the case. sources tell us president trump was not joking when he said he and rex tillerson should compare iq tests. the source close to the white house said the president was upset about being called a moron and spouted off about tillerson s intelligence because he was mad. that s con tray to what sarah sanders told reporters when she suggested that the press should get a sense of humor. the president never implied that the secretary of state was not incredibly intelligent.
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
yesterday. she s one of the women accusing weinstein of rape. she says this is our truth. i said, what do you want to see happen? do you want to see him prosecuted? she said, i just want people to kn what happened. this is our truth and people t within the statute of limitations on those crimes. thanks. all right. president trump adding to questions about whether he respects and supports his own secretary of state rex tillerson. suggesting that the two men could square off in an iq test after tillerson reportedly called him a moron. if he did that i guess we ll have to compare iq tests and i can tell you who s going to win. the white house claims the president was joking when he made that comment. not so says jim acosta. the source close to the white
well, the first rule of comedy is to be funny, right? so michael histcuf, we have learned the president was furious after reports described tillerson said he was a moron. this is how president trump responded. i think it s fake news, but if he did that, i guess we ll have to compare iq tests, and i think i would win. again, he wasn t questioning the secretary of state s intelligence. he made a joke. maybe you guys should get a sense of humor and try it sometime. but he simply made a joke. he s been extremely clear time and time again despite the fact you guys want to continue to bring this up and create a story. he s got 100% confidence in the secretary of state. so sarah sanders says it was a joke, but sources tell my tim acosta he was not joking.
secretary of state rex tillerson should square iq tests. he said the president was upset about being called a moron and spouted off about his intelligence because he was mad. that s contrary to what press cretary told reporters. the president certainly never implied that the secretary of state was not incredibly intelligent. he made a joke, nothing more than that. he has full confidence in the secretary of state that he wasn t questioning the secretary of state s intelligence. he made he made a joke. maybe you guys should get a sense of humor and try it sometime, but he simply made a joke. the white house is also pushing back on republican senator bob corker who said the president could be leading the country into world war iii. he was entitled to his own opinion but not your own facts.