Tillerson Condemns Russia in Nerve Gas Attack Against UK. Trump: You're Fired!

[berni_mccoy]

Does it get any more obvious?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/politics/rex-tillerson-white-house-russia-nerve-agent-attack/index.html

Tillerson goes farther than White House, condemns Russia for UK nerve agent attack

(CNN)US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a harsh condemnation of Russia following a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in the United Kingdom last week, going further than the White House's response stopping short of pinning blame for the attack on Moscow.

In a Monday morning call with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Tillerson discussed the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury, according to a State Department statement.

Less than 12 hours after Tillerson did what had to be done, aiding our greatest ally and defying Russia, Trump fires him.

Trump is a traitor.

[riversedge]

1. I hope Sarah Sanders is asked about this today.

[BigmanPigman]

12. Why, she will only do what she normally does,

lie, act condescending and insulting, repeat the lie over and over.....

[GeorgeGist]

2. Will Mueller find ...

Trump's backchannel to Lil' Vlad?

[moondust]

3. Reportedly fired on Friday.

Days before comments on Russia. According to cable news. However, that doesn't fit the narrative that he learned he was fired from a tweet Tuesday morning.

[berni_mccoy]

6. He wasn't fired on Friday, he was notified he would be replaced, no timeframe given

From CNN:

A senior White House official has told CNN that President Trump asked Chief of Staff John Kelley to call Rex Tillerson on Friday night.

The official said Kelly told Tillerson that he will be replaced but did not specify the timing. It was Trump’s decision to pull the trigger Tuesday morning, which underscored their fraught relations.

"This is how the President wanted to do it," the official said — a reflection of how the man who became famous saying "you’re fired" actually rarely does it in person.

Steve Goldstein, State Department undersecretary of public affairs, confirmed that Tillerson got a call on Friday night from Kelly with a heads up, but Goldstein did not elaborate. Goldstein insists that Tillerson was notified of the official termination in the tweet this morning.

[moondust]

7. Okay.

That explains it.

[berni_mccoy]

10. As with everything out of this administration, chaos rules

Stuff on the surface never makes sense. I think its direct obfuscation to provide cover for traitorous moves like this.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Unreal!

If the Press has any guts left they will run with the headline, "Tillerson fired by Trump for criticizing Russia!!!"

It's exactly what happened!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Tillerson couldn't find Obama's birth certificate in Kenya. Came back a day early. . . . nt

[dalton99a]

8. Russia First, and Putin is always right.

Tillerson was way out of line

[KPN]

9. COLLUSION

[geardaddy]

11. Tsk, tsk CNN headline writers. It's "further" not "farther"