Tillerson Three Days After Firing: 'I Will Continue To Pray For Our Country'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo/AP




By MATTHEW LEE | March 16, 2018 1:23 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fired top diplomat Rex Tillerson says he’s praying for America.

Tillerson, in a message sent to U.S. embassies and consulates three days after President Donald Trump ousted him, also told American diplomats he was proud of them and would be cheering for their success.

“Know that I will continue to pray for our country, our leaders, and your efforts to make this world a better place than we found it,” Tillerson said Friday in the message, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. He urged the diplomatic corps to “continue to exhibit the leadership qualities for which you are distinguished” as they prepare for new leadership.

Tillerson, whom Trump unceremoniously fired Tuesday, did not mention the president or his designated successor, CIA Director Mike Pompeo, in the message. But he said the State Department was “in good hands” with its interim chief, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan.

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[OnDoutside]

1. ... from a safe distance ?

[djacq]

2. He be better off contacting Mueller

chicken

[jrthin]

10. My thought exactly.

Wecome to DU.

[Gore1FL]

3. Even out of office he has no plans to do anything useful... nt

[errant boy]

4. Oh, well that fixes everything!

[Dave Starsky]

5. Thoughts and prayers from Rex Tillerson.

Welcome to the world the rest of us have been living in, Rex. I would invite you to find out what those thoughts and prayers are actually worth to all of us, but you've already feathered your nest, so you probably don't give a shit.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. He probably knows we're fucked without divine intervention,

which I don't think will happen. What he really ought to do is spill the beans. All of them. That would be much more useful than thoughts and prayers.

[democratisphere]

12. Still hoping for an extraterrestrial intervention.

[niyad]

7. f*** the prayers, t-rex. how about telling us the truth about what you and the orange dotard

have been doing?

I hear that confession and contrition are good for the soul (assuming you have one)

[C_U_L8R]

8. Don't kneel down, stand up

The world doesn't need your useless prayers, Rex...
it needs you to testify and tell the truth

[dalton99a]

9. Was prayer ever part of a business plan at ExxonMobil?

Call Mueller

[Freethinker65]

11. In other words, you are on your own. Good fucking luck.

[awesomerwb1]

13. Yeah, cause your prayers

have been working so well a**wipe?

You're already tainted. F you.

[DFW]

14. Will he really? I am SOOOOO relieved!

Thoughts and prayers from prominent Republicans have helped out so incredibly much recently

[SoCalMusicLover]

15. Thoughts & Prayers

Where is my bulletproof vest? We are so fucked.

[SergeStorms]

16. Pray in one hand....

shit in the other, and see which one fills up first. Another "thoughts and prayers" Republican. We need ACTION Rex, not more useless platitudes. If you know something incriminating about Trump, say something, preferably to Mueller.

"Thoughts and prayers".