Trump Is a World-Historic Genius: An Op-ed by Rex Tillerson

By Eric Levitz

Earlier today, I addressed some erroneous news reports. In remarks from the Treaty Room of the State Department .. I neglected ... to deny the basic thrust of those erroneous reports ...

To address a few specifics that have been misreported this morning: I have not described — and would never describe — the president as a "moron," nor "fucking moron." Nor have I referred to him as a "true doofus," "real dumb-dumb," or "sub-simian chucklehead." Nor have I ever asked a staffer, "How many President Trumps does it take to screw in a light bulb?" and .. I have never then said, "Two: one to tell me to screw in the light bulb for him, and another to mindlessly tweet 'Rex is wasting his time,' like the drool-soaked dunderhead that Donald J. Trump truly is" ...

President Trump invented string theory. He ghost-wrote Infinite Jest, and secretly helped solve Fermat’s Last Theorem. He was the real-life inspiration for the Academy Award–winning film A Beautiful Mind ...

When I wake up in the morning, my first thoughts are, "Durrrr … how do I put my shoes on my feetses?!" ...

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