Tillerson asks European diplomats why US taxpayers should care about Ukraine
Source: The Hill
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asked European diplomats during a Tuesday meeting why American taxpayers should care about Ukraine, according to a Bloomberg Politics report.
“Why should U.S. taxpayers be interested in Ukraine?” Tillerson asked the foreign ministers, known as the “Group of Seven," during what Bloomberg said was an offhand remark at meetings in Lucca, Italy.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault reportedly responded that U.S. taxpayers want their allies in the European Union to succeed and be “strong politically, strong from a security point of view, and strong economically.”
Tillerson’s comments about Ukraine come at a time when Trump administration has been under fire for his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Western European countries fear a growing Kremlin presence, especially with any actions that suggest it is trying to gain control over former Soviet bloc states.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328385-tillerson-asked-european-diplomats-why-us-taxpayers-should-care-about
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when all the nations participated in disarming Ukraine as a nuclear power. 
Our government and our international credibility will not survive if every two to four years we dismiss and throw out every agreement and law and treaty and regulation we passed in the prior administration or Congress.
Tillerson is a corporate tool. And obviously, incredibly ignorant and unprepared.
Wouldn't you like to hear what the deep State Department is advising him? Now we know why "No eye contact" policy. 
