Querulous Rex?
Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.
The Daily Beast reports that Rex Tillerson slipped into the Capitol today, possibly in disguise, to have a chat with the House Foreign Relations Committee. Trivia mavens will recall that Tillerson was Secretary of State way back in 2017-18. Before that he ran Exxon Mobil, which Trump figured would qualify him to run American foreign policy. He was also the director of Exxon Neftegas, a US-Russia oil company. And he used an alias and fake emails (which mysteriously disappeared) to resist an investigation by the New York attorney general. During his tenure, more than half this country's career diplomats quit, and applications fell by half. He seemed perfect, right up until Michael Wolff quoted him calling Trump "a fucking moron."
Nobody knows what Tillerson told the committee, but the impending tweet-storm should dwarf the tornadoes and floods currently assaulting the Midwest. Tillerson has kept a low profile since his firing/resignation, apart from a conference last year in Houston. There he revealed, unsurprisingly, that he was frequently given orders and replied, "Mr. President, I understand what you want to do but I can't do it that way. It violates the law." For this quaint approach, he found himself back in the private sector. He's what the Trumpistas sneeringly call a "Constitutionalist." What do you expect from a member of the Eagle Scouts Hall of Fame?
For those playing shitter-twitter bingo, look for the following words and phrases: incompetent, disloyal, not a fan, low IQ, deep state, loser, Crazy Rex. Unless he stonewalled, but then why show up at all? It's not as if the Democrats have shown much willingness to perp-walk Barr, Mnuchin, McGahn and the rest of the criminals. Wouldn't it be a gas if the irresistible impetus for impeachment comes from the Foreign Relations committee rather than Judiciary, Banking or Intelligence?
The Daily Beast reports that Rex Tillerson slipped into the Capitol today, possibly in disguise, to have a chat with the House Foreign Relations Committee. Trivia mavens will recall that Tillerson was Secretary of State way back in 2017-18. Before that he ran Exxon Mobil, which Trump figured would qualify him to run American foreign policy. He was also the director of Exxon Neftegas, a US-Russia oil company. And he used an alias and fake emails (which mysteriously disappeared) to resist an investigation by the New York attorney general. During his tenure, more than half this country's career diplomats quit, and applications fell by half. He seemed perfect, right up until Michael Wolff quoted him calling Trump "a fucking moron."
Nobody knows what Tillerson told the committee, but the impending tweet-storm should dwarf the tornadoes and floods currently assaulting the Midwest. Tillerson has kept a low profile since his firing/resignation, apart from a conference last year in Houston. There he revealed, unsurprisingly, that he was frequently given orders and replied, "Mr. President, I understand what you want to do but I can't do it that way. It violates the law." For this quaint approach, he found himself back in the private sector. He's what the Trumpistas sneeringly call a "Constitutionalist." What do you expect from a member of the Eagle Scouts Hall of Fame?
For those playing shitter-twitter bingo, look for the following words and phrases: incompetent, disloyal, not a fan, low IQ, deep state, loser, Crazy Rex. Unless he stonewalled, but then why show up at all? It's not as if the Democrats have shown much willingness to perp-walk Barr, Mnuchin, McGahn and the rest of the criminals. Wouldn't it be a gas if the irresistible impetus for impeachment comes from the Foreign Relations committee rather than Judiciary, Banking or Intelligence?
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