Cnns abby phillip at the white house. We understand, abby, the secretary of state was informed of this on friday. Reporter thats right, tillerson was informed while he was traveling in africa according to sources. He was told by the president that the president wanted him gone. That coincided around the same time we were learning there were going to be negotiations, potentially a meeting with north korea. Senior Administration Official telling cnns Boris Sanchez that the president felt like with the north korea negotiations on the horizon it was a good time for a transition. This tillerson departure is something that we have been waiting for and perhaps expecting for several weeks now. Tillerson told people he might be only staying in the administration for about a year, and we were coming well up on that timeline. Beyond that we know there were persistent tensions between the president and his secretary of state. They didnt see eye to eye on issues both of temperament and policy. Till
President donald trump has sacked his secretary of state Rex Tillerson the president initially broke the surprise news on twitter thanking tillerson for his service and trump has just finished giving a statement about the sacking lets hear what he had to say. Ive worked 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 thats what i did as secretary of state. I wish Rex Tillerson well gina by the way i know very well who i work very closely will be the first woman director of the cia she is an outstanding personal also i have got to know her well so ive gotten to know a lot of people very well over the last year and im really at a point where were 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 hi
Out to tillerson himself, trump spoke to reporters and made clear he wanted someone in the state department who the wouldnt disagree with him. He found his man in cia direct ker mike pompeo. Lets watch. Rex and i have been talking about this for a long time. We got along actually quite well. But we disagreed on things. When you look at the iran deal, i think its terrible. I guess he thought it was okay. I wanted to either break it or do something. And he felt a little bit differently. So we were not really thinking the same. With mike pompeo, we have a very similar thought process. I think its going to go very well. I got along well with rex. But it was a different mindset. It was a different thinking. I wish wretch a lot of good things. I think hes going to be very happy. I think rex will be much happier now but i really appreciate his service. But with mike, weve had a very Good Chemistry right from the beginning. Actually, rex is not the name of a dog. Its the name of the secretary
Explaining his decision a short time ago. Rex is a very good man. I like rex a lot. I really appreciate his commitment to his service and ill be speaking to rex over a long period of time. Cnns jeff zeleny is at the white house. Jeff, tell us how all of this played out there. Well, we heard the president there saying ill be speaking to Rex Tillerson for a long period of time. He did not speak to his secretary of state before doing this. At least the president did not directly. We are getting a Bigger Picture of how exactly this unfolded. Were learning that last friday the chief of staff here at the white house, john kelly, reached out to the secretary of state Rex Tillerson, who is traveling in africa and told him that the president had essentially reached the end of the line here with him and he was going to replace him. But was not told any timing specifically of when that would happen. So Rex Tillerson, the secretary of state, flew back to the u. S. Early from his trip to africa, no
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