White House Likely LYING about Tillerson firing motive - Atlantic
The White House’s account of the Tillerson firing collapsed within minutes.
Senior administration officials told outlets including The Washington Post and CNN that Tillerson had been told he would be dismissed on Friday, March 9.
Within the hour, the State Department issued a statement insisting that Tillerson “had every intention of remaining” and “did not speak to the President this morning and is unaware of the reason.” CNN reported that Tillerson had received a call from White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Friday night indicating that he would be replaced that did not specify timing; a senior White House official told the network that it was Trump himself who had suddenly decided to pull the trigger on Tuesday morning. Tillerson learned of his actual firing the same way everybody else did: By reading about it on Twitter shortly after 8:44 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 13.
A lot turns on that timing. On March 12, Tillerson had backed the British government’s accusation that Russia was culpable for a nerve-agent attack on United Kingdom soil. If Tillerson had been fired March 9, then his words of support for Britain could not explain his firing three days before. But if the White House was lying about the timing, it could be lying about the motive.
And since it now seems all but certain that the White House was lying about the timing, it looks more probable that it was lying about the motive too.
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/555473/
I laughed sadly when I read someone post, "we need to come up with a plan."
Putin had a plan long ago, the Trump crime family put it into motion, it is moving along nicely on the road to totalitarianism.
Our national security has been torpedoed, the State department is dead in the water and sinking, and may take us all down in the undertow.
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I believe Malcolm Nance because he's reliable and he tells the truth. He doesn't reveal his sources but that's OK.
This tweet was posted on DU earlier today:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210349993
The fake story about how they told Tillerson on Friday that he was fired - that's a complete lie. Tillerson gave an interview on Sunday saying that he believed the Russian guy was poisoned by Putin's henchman. As soon as Pootie heard that, he told Cheeto to fire him.
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! Get my smelling salts. 
Why did Tillerson accuse Putin of being involved in the assassination? Isn’t he a medal-bearing “friend” of Russia?
Maybe he knows that Putin is annoyed at him for not getting sanctions lifted, so he’s trying to curry favor with Western allies?
