Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told lawmakers in May that President Donald Trump faced a “steep learning curve” dealing with the U.S. relationship with Russia and immigration laws, according to a transcript of his closed-door interview released by a House committee on Thursday.
On immigration, specifically, Tillerson also said Trump “never asked me to violate the law,” but proposed actions that would have tested his authorities and provoked legal challenges. Tillerson also described his frustrations with Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, who he said would frequently talk to foreign leaders and visit foreign countries without notifying the State Department. Along with criminal justice and immigration issues, Kushner’s broad portfolio in the administration covers U.S.-Mexico relations and the Middle East: He has spent the week in Bahrain at a U.S.
"I could see the color go out of the face of the Foreign Secretary of Mexico,” he said. “I smiled big, and I said, 'Welcome to Washington.'" Tillerson told members of the committee that Russian President Vladimir Putin was"very prepared" for his meeting with Trump in Hamburg, Germany in July 2017. Rex Tillerson, a man who is “dumb as a rock” and totally ill prepared and ill equipped to be Secretary of State, made up a story that I was out-prepared by Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Hamburg, Germany. I don’t think Putin would agree. Look how the U.S. is doing!
Tough one since Trump can’t learn.
Yah but he was angry ... (eyeroll)
Anyone would with the mess Obama left behind
What's the point of closed door
'Bombshell!! Bombshell!! Donald Trump didn't know everything about diplomacy and had things to learn!!' ABC's genius headline of the day. 🙄
In other words, trump is stupid.
Well, at least 'he learned'! So many leaders haven't learned anything. Time is going to show that.
Lol. And when he was in office all you did was call him a liar. Now he’s not?
That's because Trump is an American working for Americans he's not a politician who folds under the first sign of money or pressure
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OLD NEWS !!! Has prices sure are a lot better now !!! Proofs in the pudding !!! Red wolves exist too !!!
WIERD - old footage - did he give you permission ?
he comes back like a bad penny ?
JBaker31826004 He seems like a nice guy - but something was off personality wise - who cares he's out !!!
I learned my lesson about his 'steep learning curve' last year when he, his daughter and kushner tried to help Justin Trudeau kill me in order to protect the Binnet criminal terrorist organization for money
JBaker31826004 ONLY IF YOU LISTEN TO FAR LEFT elites who sold drugs ran arms used terrorists - stole trillions FUNNELLED through Iran & other nuke lap wolves ! Now I'm on a low curve already but not stupid - you on the other hand can't learn anything new - your a proverbial frozen globalist !!!
ComradeTrump’s time is getting short. Tillerson is right about 1 thing- Trump needs to read the Constitution!
Rex was being polite. Learning curve, When rex called him an idiot, describes, the learning curve. 😳
Trump is the best President of my life.
In other words the great White hope is a twitt!
JBaker31826004 MSM, why aren’t you jackals in Canada yet?
JBaker31826004 But the junior senator from Illinois did not?
No, he's mister know it all, he's going to run the country like he runs his businesses - we're doomed!
And so continues
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Compared to whom? You and you're Exxon experience? It's ok, it's easy to learn something, it's not easy to be on the right side of the issue. You have a steep moral curve.
Steep learning curve? A-B-C-D...
I'm sure he has said more than that....