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kpete

(71,964 posts)
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 07:15 PM Mar 2018

John Kelly: Rex Tillerson Was on the Toilet When I Told Him He'd Be Getting Fired. (Not The Onion)

According to those sources, Kelly recounted a very awkward conversation with Tillerson during which he informed the secretary that President Donald Trump would very likely soon fire him. The awkwardness was less a result of the contents of the conversation than its setting.

Tillerson, Kelly told the room, was suffering from a stomach bug during a diplomatic swing through Africa, and was using a toilet when Kelly broke the news to him.

Sources were stunned that, even in an off-record setting, Kelly would say this—to a room filled with White House officials and political reporters—about Tillerson, who does not officially leave the State Department until the end of the month.

Kelly is routinely touted as one of the more mature members of Trump’s top brass and has often been branded as one of the “adults” in charge.




https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-kelly-rex-tillerson-was-on-the-toilet-when-i-told-him-hed-be-getting-fired?source=twitter&via=desktop

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John Kelly: Rex Tillerson Was on the Toilet When I Told Him He'd Be Getting Fired. (Not The Onion) (Original Post) kpete Mar 2018 OP
Kelly is a vile, vicious filthy fucking traitorous PRICK racist. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #1
Folks probably hide in the bathroom to get a moment of peace. Kelly broke that sacred wall. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #18
Kelly is a piece of shit but i guess this is his way of begging trump not to fire him JI7 Mar 2018 #2
why are these fucking people in anyone's life? spanone Mar 2018 #3
Looks like Kelly is slobbering to out-SHITLER-SHITLER UTUSN Mar 2018 #4
He'd have to compose a few thousand more tweets at 3:00 AM to compete on that level. Initech Mar 2018 #15
I meant, "to curry favor" UTUSN Mar 2018 #19
Ummm Snackshack Mar 2018 #5
Too much information, John. Please re-read the "Prime-time players guide" struggle4progress Mar 2018 #6
That is not something Kelly should share even if true pandr32 Mar 2018 #7
My thoughts exactly.... Pachamama Mar 2018 #9
More like a bag of GWC58 Mar 2018 #27
I hope Tillerson gets so pissed at Trump and Kelly onlyadream Mar 2018 #28
Kelly is getting scummier by the day n/t TubbersUK Mar 2018 #8
What a low-rent thing to do. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #10
Kelly will be on the firing line soon. Will he also be in the shitter? kwassa Mar 2018 #11
probably a good place to be at that moment.... TalenaGor Mar 2018 #12
Isn't there a trailer park somewhere that needs a super???? lindysalsagal Mar 2018 #13
That's why they call it 'getting canned' muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #14
Badum-CHING njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #29
Rex had a blow out during his blow out? ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #16
He was literally SHIT-CANNED! TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #17
Translation: Trump was tweeting from the shitter when he fired Rex. Tanuki Mar 2018 #20
Kelly makes Rex look nice and decent. IluvPitties Mar 2018 #21
Kelly is a no-class, crude, kiss ass racist. Ohiogal Mar 2018 #22
Ugh tmi lunasun Mar 2018 #23
John Kelly's Terlit Talks Blue Owl Mar 2018 #24
They love to humiliate people that were loyal to them Thrill Mar 2018 #25
They are all such vile human beings that its hard to decide who is worse. lkinwi Mar 2018 #26

Initech

(100,041 posts)
15. He'd have to compose a few thousand more tweets at 3:00 AM to compete on that level.
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 08:16 PM
Mar 2018

And I don't think anyone can sound as angry as Trump does when he takes a shit.

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
5. Ummm
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 07:27 PM
Mar 2018

I think we can routinely stop referring to Kelly as one of the “more mature members” of trumps top brass. Certainly Kelly should stop being branded as one of the “adults” in charge.

Pachamama

(16,884 posts)
9. My thoughts exactly....
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 07:54 PM
Mar 2018

When I read this I thought what a vile piece of crap John Kelly is...

That is not information that needs to be shared even if it was true....that is personal details of bodily functions and if in fact Tillerson did have a stomach bug and was suffering on the Loo, than it makes it even more vile that Kelly felt it necessary to simulataneusly deliver the message he had been fired and then to detail that to the media...



onlyadream

(2,165 posts)
28. I hope Tillerson gets so pissed at Trump and Kelly
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 09:56 PM
Mar 2018

Hopefully he’ll call Mueller and have a nice, long conversation.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)
10. What a low-rent thing to do.
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 08:00 PM
Mar 2018

The guy's on the john dealing with a case of travelers' trots and Kelly hollers through the bathroom door, "Hey, Rex, you're fired!" Seriously?

lindysalsagal

(20,592 posts)
13. Isn't there a trailer park somewhere that needs a super????
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 08:11 PM
Mar 2018

Ok ok. I'm not insulting trailer parks: But, he sounds more suited to that job than being a military general....

Tanuki

(14,914 posts)
20. Translation: Trump was tweeting from the shitter when he fired Rex.
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 08:23 PM
Mar 2018

This maladministration always projects something they did onto someone else. What's Rex supposed to do....issue a statement saying that he wasn't sitting on the toilet?



lkinwi

(1,477 posts)
26. They are all such vile human beings that its hard to decide who is worse.
Fri Mar 16, 2018, 09:51 PM
Mar 2018

I used to think that their circular firing squad was funny. Now it’s just plain sad. Sad for them and sad for our country.

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