Rex Tillerson on HotAir

Rex Tillerson

Nov 2019

Nikki Haley memoir: The deep state is real, and it’s spectacular

Ed Morrissey Nov 11, 2019 8:41 AM

“It was their decisions, not the president’s, that were in the best interests of America.”

Oct 2019

NYT: Giuliani, Tillerson clashed over “prisoner swap” with Turkey

Ed Morrissey Oct 11, 2019 9:21 AM

“I expected to be a hero like in a Tom Hanks movie.”

May 2019

Trump: Tillerson made up story about Putin outplaying me in Hamburg

Ed Morrissey May 23, 2019 6:41 PM

“There was a discrepancy in preparation, and it created an unequal footing.”

Sep 2018

NYT: Trump administration met with Venezuelan military coup plotters

Ed Morrissey Sep 08, 2018 2:31 PM

“This is going to land like a bomb.”

Apr 2018

WaPo editors to Senate: The only thing worse than confirming Pompeo is …

Ed Morrissey Apr 13, 2018 10:01 AM

Delay “probably would make an already parlous situation worse.:

Mar 2018

Kelly: Guess where Rex Tillerson was when I told him he was going to be fired

John Sexton Mar 16, 2018 8:41 PM

“Dethroned on the throne”

WaPo, WSJ: McMaster out! Fox, WH: Not so fast

Ed Morrissey Mar 16, 2018 8:41 AM

CBS: Both McMaster and Kelly to be ousted?

“Relief”: State Department employees cheer Tillerson firing

Allahpundit Mar 13, 2018 6:01 PM

“This team has proven itself incapable of managing the State Department.”

Trump: My next top economic adviser may well be … Larry Kudlow

Ed Morrissey Mar 13, 2018 2:01 PM

Bad fit?

Breaking: REXIT; Update: No explanation and no call from Trump? CNN, NBC: Tillerson learned of firing by Trump’s tweet; UPDATE: Rex to speak at 2 PM? Update: Live blog and live video

Ed Morrissey Mar 13, 2018 9:10 AM

Not a wartime consigliere?

State Dept: We’ve confirmed use of VX to assassinate Kim brother

Ed Morrissey Mar 07, 2018 6:01 PM

Symbolic sanctions and cautious openings.

Feb 2018

Tillerson: Trump to appoint special envoy to Northern Ireland over impasse

Ed Morrissey Feb 26, 2018 8:01 PM

Ireland: An ambassador to Dublin would be nice, too.

Jan 2018

Say, where are all the ambassadors, anyway?

Ed Morrissey Jan 30, 2018 10:01 AM

Competence.

Deadline: Trump to keep Iran deal in place?

Ed Morrissey Jan 12, 2018 12:01 PM

Stuck.

Nov 2017

Media salivating over potential Rex vs Ivanka cage fight

Jazz Shaw Nov 25, 2017 8:31 AM

Less than meets the eye

Oct 2017

On Tillerson’s “until the first bomb drops” comment

Jazz Shaw Oct 16, 2017 9:21 AM

Technically correct if nothing else

Tillerson: Trump not walking away from Iran nuclear deal exactly

Ed Morrissey Oct 13, 2017 12:41 PM

Punt.

Trump’s good cop, bad cop play with Rex Tillerson

Jazz Shaw Oct 08, 2017 11:01 AM

He could be tougher

NBC: Tillerson nearly resigned, called Trump a “moron” in July; Tillerson: No, I didn’t consider resigning

Ed Morrissey Oct 04, 2017 11:21 AM

“I have never considered leaving this post.”

Sep 2017

Tillerson: By the way, we’re chatting up Pyongyang these days

Ed Morrissey Sep 30, 2017 2:31 PM

“We can talk to them. We do talk to them.”

Tillerson declares U.S. won’t be backing the Kurds’ independence bid

Jazz Shaw Sep 30, 2017 10:01 AM

No easy answers on this one

Still under attack in Cuba: Trump orders all non-essential personnel out

Ed Morrissey Sep 29, 2017 12:41 PM

Halting visas indefinitely.

State Department finally taking action on countries who don’t accept deportees

Jazz Shaw Sep 14, 2017 2:41 PM

About time, but more is needed

Aug 2017

The wolves are trying to pick Rex Tillerson off from the herd

Jazz Shaw Aug 31, 2017 9:21 PM

He’s not exactly filling big shoes

Report: Trump “livid” with Gary Cohn, Rex Tillerson

Allahpundit Aug 28, 2017 8:01 PM

Soon?

Is Rex Tillerson headed for the revolving door already?

Andrew Malcolm Aug 28, 2017 10:01 AM

Through thick and maybe thin.

Breaking: Mass stabbing attack in Finland; Update: Police “searching for possibly more perpetrators”; Update: 2 dead

Ed Morrissey Aug 18, 2017 10:41 AM

Suspect in custody?

Has North Korea gone past the point of no return?

Ed Morrissey Aug 15, 2017 8:41 PM

Tillerson to Kim: Let’s chat.

Tillerson: Blunt talk is all Kim understands

Ed Morrissey Aug 09, 2017 8:41 AM

Guam governor: Trump will defend “American soil”

Tillerson: Still mulling our options on response to Russia’s expulsions

Ed Morrissey Aug 07, 2017 4:01 PM

Strategic patience?

Now we’re sending planes and drones to the Philippines

Jazz Shaw Aug 07, 2017 9:21 AM

But they’re not exactly fighter jets…

North Korea vows vengeance for new UN sanctions on all exports

Ed Morrissey Aug 07, 2017 8:41 AM

“Turning point”?

Rare question: Why has Tillerson not spent money Congress provided for counter-propaganda efforts?

Ed Morrissey Aug 02, 2017 6:41 PM

Russia or rushin’?

Jul 2017

Hmmmm: Rex Tillerson is taking a little time off, says State Department

Allahpundit Jul 25, 2017 3:31 PM

Rexit?

Trump recertifies Iran compliance — while blasting agreement

Ed Morrissey Jul 18, 2017 10:41 AM

Third time’s the charm?

Jun 2017

A frustrated Tillerson said to erupt in White House meeting

Andrew Malcolm Jun 29, 2017 8:41 AM

Button it up.

State Department’s human trafficking report downgrades China to tier 3

John Sexton Jun 27, 2017 3:01 PM

“it has not taken serious steps to end its own complicity in trafficking, including forced laborers from North Korea.”

Trump meeting face to face with Cabinet members isn’t bad

Taylor Millard Jun 19, 2017 10:01 AM

Depends on the person, and what the meeting is about.

May 2017

Trump expands Mexico City rule, cutting foreign aid to groups that promote abortion

John Sexton May 16, 2017 1:01 PM

“no U.S. government funding for family planning services can be given to foreign clinics or groups that offer abortion services…”

Bias: No, Tillerson didn’t abandon human rights as a core US foreign-policy value

Ed Morrissey May 04, 2017 2:01 PM

Realpolitik.

Apr 2017

North Korea fires ballistic missile after release of video showing missile attack on U.S. Capitol

John Sexton Apr 28, 2017 7:21 PM

“With each successive detonation and missile test, North Korea pushes northeast Asia and the world closer to instability…”

State Department to Nikki Haley: Before you say anything important on foreign policy, clear it with us first

Allahpundit Apr 28, 2017 6:01 PM

Guidelines.

Putin: Chemical weapons reports a false-flag op like Iraq, you know

Ed Morrissey Apr 11, 2017 12:01 PM

“Assad committed suicide here.”

Tillerson to Russia: Choose between Assad and the US

Ed Morrissey Apr 11, 2017 8:41 AM

“This distinction does not much matter to the dead …”