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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:03 AM May 2019

The day after receiving a thorough spanking from Pelosi, Trump's whining about Tillerson & Putin.

President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — and said that the man whom he appointed to be America’s top diplomat was both “dumb as a rock” and “ill equipped” for the job.

“Rex Tillerson, a man who is ‘dumb as a rock’ and totally ill prepared and ill equipped to be Secretary of State, made up a story (he got fired) that I was out-prepared by Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Hamburg, Germany,” the president wrote on Twitter. “I don’t think Putin would agree. Look how the U.S. is doing!”

Tillerson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee this week that Trump was badly outgunned during a meeting with Putin two years ago, and he said the president barely prepared for the encounter with his Russian counterpart.

“We spent a lot of time in the conversation talking about how Putin seized every opportunity to push what he wanted,” one committee aide told the Washington Post. “There was a discrepancy in preparation, and it created an unequal footing.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trump-furiously-hurls-insults-at-rex-tillerson-after-he-reveals-putin-ran-circles-around-him/
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The day after receiving a thorough spanking from Pelosi, Trump's whining about Tillerson & Putin. (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2019 OP
Dumb as a rock, yet Dainty Digits appointed him The Genealogist May 2019 #1
I don't like Tillerson, but he was a much more successful business man that 45. redstatebluegirl May 2019 #7
I dont care for him either The Genealogist May 2019 #8
That's the cement block calling the rock grey. tanyev May 2019 #2
You can't criticize a narcissist. ginnyinWI May 2019 #3
I never in a million years thought I would miss Rex Tillerson, but dewsgirl May 2019 #4
He only hires the 'best people'--until they aren't best anymore Maeve May 2019 #5
If he was "dumb as a rock" NewJeffCT May 2019 #6
... Javaman May 2019 #9
"Look how the U.S. is doing!"" Bayard May 2019 #10

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
1. Dumb as a rock, yet Dainty Digits appointed him
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:09 AM
May 2019

I thought Trump was a stable genius. Any stable genius should be able to tell pretty quickly how fit for appoimtment someone is.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
8. I dont care for him either
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:44 AM
May 2019

Tillerson crossed Trump, so Trump issued playground taunts. But if he is so dumb, and Trump hired the guy anyway, was does that say about Trump? Doesn't look too flattering. Makes Trump look like the one who is dumb as a rock.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
3. You can't criticize a narcissist.
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:12 AM
May 2019

If you are agin' him, he will begin the process of pushing you out. A narcissist must have unquestioned loyalty to the boss.

Just another case of a bully who, when he can't hit back at the strong person, goes and picks on the weaker target.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
4. I never in a million years thought I would miss Rex Tillerson, but
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:14 AM
May 2019

I do. You can tell Trump's aide's are afraid to tell him things that will upset him, he is often a few days behind with his twitter bitching. That Tillerson interview was from the weekend.

Maeve

(42,315 posts)
5. He only hires the 'best people'--until they aren't best anymore
Thu May 23, 2019, 09:14 AM
May 2019

If only they would listen to Melania and 'be best!'

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