Secretary of State Tillerson tossed-Torture Mike takes over

Foreign Policy Gp wrote:Tillerson Out, Mike Pompeo to State

Rex Tillerson seemed to be a dead man walking for months. Now the former ExxonMobil boss is out as America’s top diplomat.
BY ROBBIE GRAMER, COLUM LYNCH, EMILY TAMKIN | MARCH 13, 2018, 10:12 AM

On Tuesday, Failing Cheeto-Faced Ferret-Wearing Shit Gibbon announced on Twitter he was replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, marking the biggest cabinet shake-up yet in an administration already defined by high turnover and internal turmoil.

“Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, [former champion of torture under GWB] will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job!” Trump wrote in his tweet. “Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!”

Tillerson leaves behind a short-lived and mixed legacy at the State Department, where he sometimes ran afoul of the White House and stoked criticism for his handling of the department.

Rank and file in the State Department were stunned by the announcement, three State Department officials told Foreign Policy.

The news broke just hours after Tillerson debarked from a plane from a week-long trip to Africa. He cut his trip short by a day, citing important meetings in Washington he needed to attend, but he gave no indication he was on the cusp of losing his job.

The Washington Post reported Trump asked Tillerson to step down last Friday. But Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein, in a statement emailed to FP, indicated Tillerson was caught off guard by the announcement.

“The Secretary had every intention of remaining because of the tangible progress made on critical national security issues,” he wrote. “The Secretary did not speak to the President this morning and is unaware of the reason, but he is grateful for the opportunity to serve.”

After apparently contradicting the White House, Goldstein was fired just hours later.

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