LOL: Tillerson Forced to Stay at Sanitarium in German Village for G-20

[kpete]

On his first trip abroad as U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson was forced to stay at a sanitarium in a German village known for its hot springs, 30 minutes from where other world leaders gathered. Diplomatic security agents mingled in the parking lot with elderly people in wheelchairs arriving for spa treatments.

Tillerson, the former head of Exxon Mobil Corp., was at the sanitarium because Bonn’s hotels were all booked by the time he confirmed his attendance at this week’s Group of 20 meeting. Counterparts including U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had to make a trek out to meet him.

The unusual diplomatic debut continued during an awkward encounter with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. After Lavrov delivered some perfunctory opening remarks alongside Tillerson, U.S. aides quickly ushered reporters from the room. “Why did they shush them out?” Lavrov asked.


https://politicalwire.com/2017/02/16/lepage-trump-tv-show/

[C_U_L8R]

1. Fitting.

Too bad Trump isn't going, then we could throw away the key.

[pbmus]

2. Trump train...

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[elfin]

3. Maybe he will learn about geothermal for Exxon expansion at the hot springs.

Oh right, he won't because he'll be too busy looking for oil.

[Raster]

6. Yeaahhhhh... Secretary Exxon was selected for SoS for ONE MAIN REASON....

...to be Exxon's liason to the Russian Federation under American auspices. Tillerson is all about Russia's petroleum reserves. Period.

[elfin]

7. Yep

Still looking for Tillerson's or Trump's enterprises to surface however obliquely in the Rosneft deal last December that funneled much needed cash to buddy Putin, and giving them a HUGE stake in that company going forward.

[Raster]

8. I also believe T & T* may be players in the Rosneft theft...

[arthritisR_US]

4. Your link is to the wrong story. nt

[JDC]

5. Sounds like a nice, out of the way place to make contavt

With Russians and go unnoticed.

[winstars]

9. Wait, it was the Russian guy who wondered why the press was thrown out??? WTF???

[Hortensis]

10. Strange/interesting that accommodations were not reserved

for the U.S. representative. I'm sure for any normal administrations they would have been, but this one is far, far from normal...

[TeamPooka]

11. Your link is not to the story in your headline and OP. nt

[Cha]

12. I'd love to be there for the hot springs.. but

that's just me.

Doesn't look so good for the current SOS

[Brother Buzz]

13. Just today Trump informed the world his administration is functioning like a fine tuned machine