What’s the story?
At 8:44 AM President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via tweet, and announced his intention to nominate current CIA Director Mike Pompeo in his stead:
Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018
Though reports circulated almost immediately that the president’s issues with the Secretary have been developing for some time, fairly quickly it came to light via State Department spokespeople that Tillerson was unaware in advance of the move and only found out about his firing by seeing the president’s tweet:
Remarkable statement from State Department spokesman on Tillerson firing: pic.twitter.com/iBpLaK1tXw
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 13, 2018
Secretary Tillerson is currently in Africa on behalf of the administration.
What do you think?
What’s your opinion on how or why Tillerson was fired? Do you think Mike Pompeo will be a good replacement or not?
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— Asha Sanaker
(Photo Credit: IIP Photo Archive via Flickr / Creative Commons)
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