Trump Undermines Tillerson via Twitter: 'Wasting His Time' Trying to Negotiate with 'Little Rocket..

[DonViejo]

Source: Mediaite



Trump Undermines Tillerson via Twitter: ‘Wasting His Time’ Trying to Negotiate with ‘Little Rocket Man’

by Josh Feldman | 10:44 am, October 1st, 2017

President Trump is tweeting about North Korea and “little Rocket Man” again.

This time it’s apparently in response to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson talking about having “lines of communications to Pyongyang” yesterday:

Link to tweet

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[Paladin]

1. Tillerson ought to tender his resignation, today. (nt)

[FrodosNewPet]

9. So he can be replced by a yes man?

None of them are the people WE want, but if Tillerson, Mattis, McMaster, or Gen. Kelly leave, it is NOT to be replaced by someone better.

[hatrack]

13. What the HELL do you think Tillerson is now?

Presiding over the ongoing demolition of the State Department, and the giggling gutting of centuries of collective expertise, whole floors dark?

If that's not a yes man, what is?

[liberalmuse]

2. This man is completely unhinged.

He needs to be removed before he kills us all. Seriously.

[MBS]

17. I agree a million per cent.

Never before in my life have I been more worried about the dangers posed by the occupant of the White House, and their supporters, than I have been of any external enemies.

Every day that he is in office our country and our democracy are in mortal danger.

[jrthin]

3. I think it is crazy, we have a madman

in the office instigating a war, and there seems to be nothing we can do. Something is very wrong.

[RKP5637]

7. It's astonishing. We're watching this madman possibly lead this county into a nuclear war or

at minimal a devastating war for many, and congress just sits on their ass.

[jrthin]

11. Why aren't ex-Presidents, people with substance

screaming? Why is the media allowing this fanning of the flames? Why are the voices of people who matter and could possible change the situation silent? I don't expect congress to do anything because the republicans in charge there are much the same as trump*. It's just the style that is different: he's overt w/his craziness and they are covert.

[dewsgirl]

12. I think about this quote often.

[RKP5637]

14. It's amazing. Complete silence. He's deteriorating more and more. Maybe they know something

we don't know. Maybe the military has a plan to refuse his orders. These are certainly very stressful times.

[karynnj]

24. For the ex Presidents, I think it is a misguided knee jerk following of the custom of not attacking

the incumbent.

I think this might be a time when ALL the ex Presidents, Democratic and Republican, get together to write a very sobering statement that speaks about how outside past US experience Trump really is - especially on foreign policy. The best that might happen is for there to be dissent on a level below ex-President. There are very high level Republican foreign policy people who have been outspoken on the damage done to American leadership in the world by Trump -- including James Baker, GHWB's Secretary of State who was also in Reagan's cabinet.

Here is a February 2017 article on his disagreements - http://people.com/politics/jim-baker-assesses-trump-presidency/ Last month, he was at the Yale Climate Conference that former Secreatary Kerry led. Beyond disagreeing with the US leaving the Paris Accord, his proposal is stronger than many 2010 Democratic Senators would have agreed to. ( http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/09/21/inaugural-kerry-conference-discusses-climate-change/ ) This even though he was always skeptical of climate change, seeing action on it as an "insurance policy" in case the scientists (yeah - all 99% of them) are correct.

I wonder if all the former Secretaries of State, maybe led by Schultz of Baker, spoke of the damage to our foreign policy by dropping out of the Paris Accord, while lying about what it asked of the US, and potentially dropping out of the Iran nuclear deal - again lying about what it was supposed to accomplish. For a party that mocked Obama, claiming he was leading from behind, these actions mean that we will not be leading at all. In fact, it would destroy our ability to negotiate at all. It is sad when I agree with the FM of Iran, Zarif, leaving will make the US seem an unreliable diplomatic partner. That more than his tweets and the fact that he routinely undercuts Tillerson destroys our ability to be seen as leading the world. Which leader would trust him enough to follow -- on anything.

[Brainstormy]

4. Is there simply no limit

to this madness?

[TubbersUK]

5. Tillerson must surely be considering resignation n/t

[RKP5637]

8. He should. He should get the hell away from Trump. Who wants their historical future tied to Trump.

Tillerson doesn't need Trump.

[Docreed2003]

6. So the *President Just tweeted fuck diplomacy....

And everyone’s supposed to be fine with that??? Insane

[Moostache]

10. Its time for an "Et tu Rex?" moment in DC...

For instructions on what to do GOP, please study Caesar, Julius and Senate.

[pangaia]

18. Don't you mean Caesar, Brutus and the Senate?

[Moostache]

19. As long as there is the same ending, I don't care who is there! (n/t)

[pangaia]

20. LOL You win....

[briv1016]

15. Wartime presidents get a boost in approval ratings.

[keithbvadu2]

16. in a contest of names, Kim won. 'Rocket Man' vs 'Dotard'

in a contest of names, Kim won. 'Rocket Man' vs 'Dotard'

The NKs must have searched through the thesaurus to find just the right name.

They have a better grasp of english than Donald.

[Man_Bear_Pig]

21. If we just have to be in the name calling business...

Kim Jong Un is renowned for his love of cheese; which is partly why he is so fat, so something to do with cheese and rats would work.

[DK504]

22. 25th Amendment time.

[TomCADem]

23. So, maybe the North Koreans Weren't Mistaken That Trump Was Threatening War?

nt

[DFW]

25. In other words.....

"Hey, Rex, I didn't get you this job to do diplomacy. I got you this job to do some oil deals. So go do some oil deals!"

[Doodley]

26. Trump doesn't want talk. He wants to press the NUKE button.

[CharlesBowers]

27. Revoke 45's Twitter Account

Since no one in any political scenario seems to be able to curtail 45 from inciting discord and agitating/advocating violence, this last tweet of his stating to Tillerson that he is "wasting time" trying to negotiate with N. Korea, means we as citizens need to demand Twitter to remove him from using Twitter. I have contacted the Twitter Board requesting them to remove Trump from using their service.
This horrible person needs to be curtailed immediately.

[gopiscrap]

28. I agree, welcome to DU btw