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October 16, 2017

Secretary of State Tillerson Rebuffs Senator's Claim Trump "Castrated" Him
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In Washington, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday he approved
of President Trump's foreign policy moves, shrugging off comments by
Republican Senator Bob Corker that Trump had "castrated" his secretary
of state. Speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper, Tillerson said he was "fully
intact." Tillerson also repeatedly refused to confirm an NBC report that
he called Trump a "moron" during a meeting with top military officials
last July.

Jake Tapper: "Is it true? Did you call him a moron?"

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: "Jake, as I indicated earlier when I
was asked about that, I'm not going to deal with that kind of petty
stuff. I mean, this is a town that seems to relish gossip, rumor,
innuendo, and they feed on it. They feed on one another in a very
destructive way. I don't work that way. I don't deal that way."



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