Rex Tillerson Hasn't Let Quitting Cross His Mind, Says Spokesman
Source: Newsweek
BY GRAHAM LANKTREE ON 7/25/17 AT 11:11 AM
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s spokesman is throwing cold water on chatter from sources familiar with Tillerson’s private conversations with friends that he may make a “Rexit” from the Trump administration before the year’s end.
The thought of quitting “never crossed his mind," R.C. Hammond, a State Department spokesman, told Politico of the idea Tillerson might leave early. There is still “plenty of work to do,” Hammond said.
The former Exxon Mobile CEO is currently overseeing a massive reorganization of the department after President Donald Trump’s March budget proposal laid out plans to cut $10 billion from its roughly $47 billion in funding. Yet one source familiar with the private conversations told the publication that Tillerson is “no longer wedded to” his initial plan to stay in the post for at least a year. The secretary of state feels as though he’s “not being allowed to do his job,” they said.
In recent months, multiple other reports about Tillerson’s clashes with the White House and the president from different outlets reveal the difficult time he is having inside the Trump administration.
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