Little Donnie revels in surprise firings

Remember how James Comey found out he was fired when he saw it on TV?  It might be that Tillerson found out when he saw it on Trump's Twitter account. 

Tillerson was ousted barely four hours after he returned from an Africa mission and with no face-to-face conversation with the president, the latest casualty of an unruly White House that has seen multiple top officials depart in recent weeks. Citing the Iran nuclear deal and other issues, Trump said he and Tillerson were “not really thinking the same.”

“We disagreed on things,” Trump told reporters at the White House

  AP News

For instance, Trump thinks he's the smartest guy on the planet, and Tillerson thinks he's a "fucking moron."

Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein and other State Department officials said Tuesday morning that Tillerson hadn’t learned he was dismissed until he saw Trump’s early-morning tweet, and hadn’t discussed it directly with Trump. Goldstein said the former Exxon Mobil CEO was “unaware of the reason” he was fired and “had had every intention of staying.”

Then Goldstein, hours after making those comments, was fired, too.

According to CNBC, Goldstein was fired for "contradicting the official administration account of Tillerson's firing."

Some White house officials said Tillerson was warned by Kelly on Friday and Saturday while he was still in Ethopia that he was going to be replaced if he didn't resign. Goldstein's account and subsequent firing aside, I find this account believable, because that's when Tillerson suddenly "took ill" and then cut his trip short the next day.

Appearing in the State Department briefing room for likely the last time, Tillerson’s voice quavered as he described successes of his roughly one-year tenure: an economic pressure campaign on North Korea and a new Afghanistan plan.

“I will now return to private life, private citizen, a proud American, proud of the opportunity I’ve had to serve my country.”

Yeah, Rex did a bang-up job. At least he cleaned the place out anyway. There probably aren't too many past or current State Department employees who are feeling sorry for him.  But hey, he can now admit he called Trump a fucking moron, and he can call him that again any time he wants to.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.