Rex Tillerson named as Donald Trump's secretary of state

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

Rex Tillerson, the president and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, has been officially named as Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, the president-elect’s transition team has said.

“His tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics make him an excellent choice for secretary of state,” Trump said in the team’s statement. “He will promote regional stability and focus on the core national security interests of the United States.”
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Tillerson’s confirmation hearings in the Senate are likely to be a bitter and emotional struggle. He is a recipient of Moscow’s Order of Friendship, having grown close to Putin and his circle while working on oil exploration in Russia, which was frozen when the US imposed sanctions in 2014.

The Kremlin praised Tillerson on Monday. “On account of his work as the head of one of the largest oil companies, he had contacts with our representatives more than once,” Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told journalists. “He fulfils his responsibilities in a highly professional manner.”



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/13/rex-tillerson-named-as-donald-trumps-secretary-of-state-exxon-mobil-chief-putin

[Achilleaze]

1. Russia goes wild !

[trusty elf]

2. Gee, I'm so glad that the Kremlin approves of Benedict Donald's choice.

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[avebury]

3. People need to be available no matter where Trump and Tillerson

are and as soon as they come out in public be willing to blast the Russian National Anthem. They need to be hounded with that music. And people don't have to be close to Trump if they can blast the music loud enough. That is the first thing that Trump should hear every time he leaves a building.

The same should happen to McConnell and anybody else that helped to hide the Russian involvement in our election.

Could you imagine people unfurling the Russian flag everywhere around Trump and company? Imagine people outside of Trump Tower holding the US flag upside down? The Russian Flag could be printed on large sticky paperand stuck on all of Trump's buildings.

[IronLionZion]

4. So Russia finally won the cold war

Reagan is rolling over in his grave

[baldguy]

5. Russia Welcomes Idea of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State

http://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-measured-on-prospect-of-secretary-of-state-tillerson-1481550566

[Vinca]

6. A cabinet of unqualifieds run by a narcissist . . . and they all love Russia.

I especially don't understand the Tillerson pick. His only expertise is oil and that's something I've never even heard mentioned by a Secretary of State. We've got to see Trump's tax returns. Is delivering our country to Vlad a way to have billions of dollars of debt go away for Trump? Something's up and it's got nothing to do with running this country.

[Fast Walker 52]

8. one word-- OIL

the Trump administration is going all in on the oil industry and cashing in on destroying the environment

[Fast Walker 52]

7. Looks like the Trump administration will be grabbing mother nature by the pussy

[Fast Walker 52]

9. Trump, Putin, and ExxonMobil team up to destroy the planet

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-putin-and-exxonmobil-team-up-to-destroy-the-planet-fb88650acfa1#.dtd3scvbl

[Initech]

10. Fuck. Corporations now control all the major postions.

Goldman Sachs- Treasury
Exxon - Secretary of State
Carl's Jr - Labor

The business plot of the 1920s has come full circle.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Plus Wilbur Ross at Commerce

Wilbur Louis Ross, Jr. (born November 28, 1937) is an American investor, and former banker, known for restructuring failed companies in industries such as steel, coal, telecommunications, foreign investment and textiles. He specializes in leveraged buyouts and distressed businesses. As of August 2014, Forbes magazine lists Ross as one of the world's billionaires with a net worth of $2.9 billion.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ross

DeVos at Education and McMahon at the Small Business Administration tend that way too.

[Jimbo101]

11. 538 Has a List of Republican "Hawks" who could derail Tillerson Nomination

or at least not rubber stamp it.

[link:https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/here-are-the-russia-hawks-who-could-kill-a-tillerson-nomination/|

[moondust]

13. The Great Dealmakers

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A deal is a deal is a deal is a deal, right?

Corporate dealmaking narrowly focused on maximizing private profits on behalf of shareholders is hardly similar to diplomatic negotiations regarding national interests that may include human rights, civil liberties, environmental concerns, international borders, disputed territories, cessation of hostilities, differing political and religious ideologies, etc.