Tillerson blows up at top White House aide

[Judi Lynn]

The secretary of state, frustrated by negative press coverage and delays in appointing staff, unleashed his anger in front of Reince Priebus, Jared Kushner and others.

By JOSH DAWSEY, ELIANA JOHNSON AND ALEX ISENSTADT 6/29/17, 6:56 AM CET Updated 6/29/17, 6:59 AM CET


Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s frustrations with the White House have been building for months. Last Friday, they exploded.

The normally laconic Texan unloaded on Johnny DeStefano, the head of the presidential personnel office, for torpedoing proposed nominees to senior State Department posts and for questioning his judgment.

Tillerson also complained that the White House was leaking damaging information about him to the news media, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Above all, he made clear that he did not want DeStefano’s office to “have any role in staffing” and “expressed frustration that anybody would know better” than he about who should work in his department — particularly after the president had promised him autonomy to make his own decisions and hires, according to a senior White House aide familiar with the conversation.

The episode stunned other White House officials gathered in chief of staff Reince Priebus’ office, leaving them silent as Tillerson raised his voice. In the room with Tillerson and DeStefano were Priebus, top Trump aide Jared Kushner and Margaret Peterlin, the secretary of state’s chief of staff.

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[kairos12]

1. Another Putin stooge. He needs to call the Kremlin to get anything done.

[Hortensis]

2. So our new Sec of Exxon isn't happy? Zero surprise.

He's sidelined and kneecapped by his boss and his own department, which he's reportedly mismanaged in a long list of ways, not that he ever had the power to do it right either.

We desperately need a real SoS. This amateur outsider apparently has had precious little power to do good or harm, but there's also been little indication that he would be able to serve our nation well even if he could, either in competence or goals.

Just a couple days ago he made a foolish neocon-type gaff with a blatant statement that we would be intervening to influence Iran's regime change, in the process even managing to contradict the official position of the booberkin POTUS who's cut him out of decision-making.

[global1]

3. So How Long Before He Resigns?....nt

[patricia92243]

5. Yep!

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. Kissing the Royal Rump must not be as fulfilling as he thought it would be.

But that's okay, Jared the Wonder Toady still has Tuesday mornings between 8:45 and 9:30 open to fulfill his duties.

[patricia92243]

6. lol on this one - "Royal Rump" - so funny!