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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Dec 1, 2017, 04:41 PM Dec 2017

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The Latest: Trump says Tillerson ouster is 'fake news'

Source: Associated Press

Associated Press•December 1, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the White House considering a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (all times local):

3:15 p.m.

President Donald Trump says media speculation that Secretary of State Tillerson will leave job soon is "fake news."

Trump is responding on Twitter to widespread reports attributed to White House officials describing a plan to oust Tillerson and replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

Trump says it's incorrect that he "fired Rex Tillerson" or that the secretary will be leaving soon. He says Tillerson is "not leaving."

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-tillerson-says-reports-demise-laughable-152043234.html?soc_trk=gcm&soc_src=dbb2094c-7d9a-37c0-96b9-7f844af62e78&.tsrc=notification-brknews

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The Latest: Trump says Tillerson ouster is 'fake news' (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2017 OP

Tillerson is a goner and will be out of office by the end of next week Gothmog Dec 2017 #1

Yep. If Trump(R) says it's fake, you can take it to the bank that it's true. Squinch Dec 2017 #2

Tillerson is resigning to spend more time with Putin's family ... VMA131Marine Dec 2017 #3

Sounds like maybe Pompeo and Cotton... yallerdawg Dec 2017 #4

Or Trump realized that he would need to get Pompeo and Cotton confirmed karynnj Dec 2017 #5

wait, didn't donnie start that rumor? unblock Dec 2017 #6

Well, that removes all doubt NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #7

It only became FAKE today when Flynn pleaded guilty. He can't risk a new insider in his circle iluvtennis Dec 2017 #8

Gothmog

(145,581 posts)

1. Tillerson is a goner and will be out of office by the end of next week

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 04:43 PM

Dec 2017

Squinch

(51,016 posts)

2. Yep. If Trump(R) says it's fake, you can take it to the bank that it's true.

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 04:46 PM

Dec 2017

VMA131Marine

(4,149 posts)

3. Tillerson is resigning to spend more time with Putin's family ...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 04:48 PM

Dec 2017

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

4. Sounds like maybe Pompeo and Cotton...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 04:51 PM

Dec 2017

may have both said, "Hey, let's give this some more thought. This is starting to look like it could be a Titanic mistake."

karynnj

(59,504 posts)

5. Or Trump realized that he would need to get Pompeo and Cotton confirmed

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 04:53 PM

Dec 2017

in a contentious Senate.

unblock

(52,329 posts)

6. wait, didn't donnie start that rumor?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 04:57 PM

Dec 2017

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

7. Well, that removes all doubt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 05:08 PM

Dec 2017

Tillerson is going bye-bye.

iluvtennis

(19,875 posts)

8. It only became FAKE today when Flynn pleaded guilty. He can't risk a new insider in his circle

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Dec 1, 2017, 05:48 PM

Dec 2017

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