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October 4, 2017

NBC: Secretary of State Tillerson Called President Trump a "Moron"
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Defense Secretary Mattis also downplayed a split between President Trump
and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson over North Korea's nuclear weapons
program. Last weekend, Tillerson said he was open to direct talks with
North Korea, prompting Trump to tweet that Tillerson was "wasting his
time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man." This comes as NBC News
reported Tillerson was on the verge of resigning last summer over his
repeated policy disputes with President Trump. At a July 20 meeting at
the Pentagon with Cabinet officials and members of Trump's national
security team, Tillerson reportedly called the president a "moron."


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