
Donald Trump on Friday responded to a recent interview with Rex Tillerson, during which the former secretary of state described frequently having to stop the president from violating the law:
Mike Pompeo is doing a great job, I am very proud of him. His predecessor, Rex Tillerson, didn’t have the mental capacity needed. He was dumb as a rock and I couldn’t get rid of him fast enough. He was lazy as hell. Now it is a whole new ballgame, great spirit at State!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
In a Thursday interview with CBS News’ Bob Schieffer, Tillerson said he believes Trump “grew tired” of his secretary of state telling him not to break the law.
“I’d have to say to him, ‘Mr. President, I understand what you wanna do, but you can’t do it that way. It violates the law, it violates treaty.’ He got really frustrated,” Tillerson said. “I think he grew tired of me being the guy who told him, ‘You can’t do that.’”
“What’s challenging for me ... is to go to work for a man who is pretty undisciplined, doesn’t like to read, doesn’t read briefing reports, doesn’t like to get into the details of a lot of things,” he continued. “We are starkly different in our styles, we did not have a common value system.”
Trump’s tweet was in stark contrast with former posts about Tillerson.
Life, fast pic.twitter.com/r0jYrm1qNm
— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) December 7, 2018
The internet on Friday reacted swiftly to Trump’s remark:
MaYbE he wiLl grOw inTo tHe joB oNce elEctEd.
— PwnAllTheThings (@pwnallthethings) December 7, 2018
The headline today is that the president is yelling at his former Secretary of State, but I think 50 years from now we'll all be dumbstruck that he picked an oil executive to head our foreign policy at a time when we knew the planet was starting to boil us alive. https://t.co/EhZkxugXDd
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) December 7, 2018
Everyone who went down the whole "Gee, Trump is so presidential this week" path, please report to the principal's office. https://t.co/iOxMqoM7lA
— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) December 7, 2018
Trump opens fire on Tillerson in response to his criticism. Possibly the angriest, nastiest @POTUS tweet to date. https://t.co/fPQSsRN6Ae
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 7, 2018
The people leading our country.... https://t.co/hMD1hCdlY6
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) December 7, 2018
Republican Source: "Oh, the presidency." https://t.co/NEzgrMD7O2
— Amie Parnes (@amieparnes) December 7, 2018
How dare you call someone dumb as a rock? pic.twitter.com/t7wtOIzhSG
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) December 7, 2018
This is what happens when you make a Faustian bargain and go to work for the Trump administration. Sure, you have a government office and title. But you're thwarted when trying to do the job and insulted after you've left it. https://t.co/G3UoMD4B13
— Steve Sebelius (@SteveSebelius) December 7, 2018
I really hope someone on cable news books a geologist to discuss just how intelligent rocks are
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) December 7, 2018
Fun fact - Heather Nauert, who Trump just named UN ambassador, was hired by Tillerson at State. https://t.co/n5oLPXSQES
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 7, 2018
People Donald Trump has called “dumb as a rock”: Rex Tillerson, Jeb Bush, Joe Scarborough, Don Lemon, Glenn Beck, Rick Wilson and Bill Maher pic.twitter.com/kq3lozeGH8
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 7, 2018
Amazing. Just amazing. https://t.co/51fsTTrGy7
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) December 7, 2018
One has to wonder how Trump's treatment of those he fires affects the pool of talent willing to work for him https://t.co/3lyxoYxd1o
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) December 7, 2018
Why did the president hire a secretary of state who "was dumb as a rock" and "lazy as hell"? https://t.co/VH91aKDR37
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 7, 2018
This is quite a thing to tweet about someone you hired for one of the most prominent jobs in the world: https://t.co/TJEahTqitf
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) December 7, 2018
I guess I should be upset that Trump is going after the former head of Exxon, Rex Tillerson. But I really don't care. Do U? #BeBest
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) December 7, 2018
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