Tillerson's job as chief U.S. diplomat got harder before it began

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rex Tillerson's job as chief U.S. diplomat became harder before it even began because of White House moves that have antagonized Muslim nations, European allies, Mexico and U.S. bureaucrats, current and former U.S. officials said.

The Senate confirmed Tillerson as the 69th secretary of state on Wednesday by a 56-43 vote, making the former Exxon Mobil Corp CEO the chief foreign affairs adviser to Republican President Donald Trump.

The vote was largely on party lines, with all 52 Republicans voting in favor, along with three Democrats and one independent. It was not immediately clear when Tillerson would be sworn in and formally take over at the State Department.

Under any circumstance, Tillerson would have inherited a messy globe with a civil war in Syria, nuclear-armed North Korea threatening to test an intercontinental ballistic missile and challenges from a rising China and an assertive Russia.

In the 12 days since Trump's inauguration, however, the White House has taken steps that foreign policy professionals view as self-inflicted wounds.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tillersons-job-as-chief-us-diplomat-got-harder-before-it-began/ar-AAmvWw1?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. And he's a guy with no experience in foreign policy. Yay.

[Initech]

2. They are in way over their heads.

Trump is pissing off everyone and everything, And might be declaring unjust wars on Mexico and Iran, and they just appointment a Secretary of State with zero diplomatic experience. This is going to blow up on them.