White House frustration grows with Tillerson over jobs for Trump allies

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

The White House is becoming increasingly frustrated with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and a close-knit circle of aides over the slow pace of hiring and a chokehold on information and access to Tillerson, according to senior Trump administration officials and others familiar with the rift.

Tillerson, a former Exxon Mobil chief executive with no prior government experience, gets some of the blame from White House officials and political advisers anxious to place Republican political appointees in numerous vacant positions at the State Department.

They said Tillerson’s deliberate approach to reviewing candidates and his insistence on a detailed department management review and reorganization, informed by his corporate background, has slowed down an already slow process.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-frustration-grows-with-tillerson-over-jobs-for-trump-allies/2017/06/23/8b8b4df0-56b6-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html

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I thought Trump LOVED rich guys with a corporate approach...

[Moostache]

1. Wait, I thought the private sector approach was ALWAYS better???

So confused....

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Also, didn't Tillerson fail to grovel sufficiently at the first cabinet meeting?

We could have a "bad hombre" here.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. MAGA!

Make American Government Addlebrained!

[Turbineguy]

4. Coming from a huge organization

Tillerson is probably used to doing things this way. Also, (in spite of some opinions) oil companies cannot afford to hire the type of incompetent cranks that Trump seems to be attracted to.

[Sgent]

7. Agreed

I certainly wouldn't have wanted Tillerson, but I can see why a R would think he was a good pick, and if I was a D Senator I probably would have voted to confirm given the President has the right to pick his cabinet unless they are horrible. This assumes he divested himself of Exxon stock, etc.

[mr_lebowski]

5. Awww ... tRump and Drillerson are having themselves a little spat ... time to drop trow you two ...

And break out the micrometers ... so's we can settle this once and for all.

[IronLionZion]

6. But corporations are always so efficient, Republicans told me so

Billionaires do it faster, better, and cheaper than government, right?

“I’m listening to what my people tell me are the challenges facing them and how we can produce a more efficient, effective State Department and USAID,” Tillerson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.