Saturday, March 24, 2018

Trump fires Tillerson aide who confirmed Tillerson learned of being fired via Twitter

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/13/1748668/-Trump-fires-Tillerson-aide-who-confirmed-that-Tillerson-was-only-told-of-his-firing-this-morning
"It is clear the White House lied about intending to fire Tillerson earlier. The plain facts are that Trump fired him this morning, less than one day after Tillerson delivered a harsh statement supporting the United Kingdom's assessment that the exposure of 500 Londoners to a Russian-developed nerve agent was a Russian act. The summary firing of Goldstein, immediately after he contradicted White House spin, suggests that Trump is extremely invested in the notion that Rex Tillerson was fired for reasons other than Tillerson's Russia comments. And for good reason: a president firing the nation's top diplomatic official for refusing to avert his eyes from an act of Russian terrorism would be an enormous story."