pacino wrote:And Katrina Pierson is now a senior advisor to Trump

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:This all comes after Tillerson agrees that Russia was behind the nerve agent attack in the uk
Putin used the back channel to fire him

This has been rumored to be in the works for half a year. If you're looking for a straw that broke the camel's back, given it happened the day after the North Korea announcement, one could start there. Not everything has to be about Russia.

1) it was tongue in cheek
2) the Russia thing is so thick that you thought I could be serious

Tillerson was slated to retire from Exxon in March 2017 at age 65 under the company's mandatory retirement policy. Paid $27.3 million last year, Tillerson has accumulated roughly $160 million in Exxon stock along with $149 million of unvested stock options, according a proxy statement the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

pacino wrote:Trump fired Tillerson without having a conversation with him. How absurdly weak.

TenuredVulture wrote:It seems possible cotton, who is a soulless creep but not stupid, turned trump down in order to salvage his career. Also, he is poised in the senate to carry trumps water on immigration.

JUburton wrote:are we calling this one REXIT

JFLNYC wrote:Trump didn’t talk to Tillerson; had someone else do it.

CFP wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Trump didn’t talk to Tillerson; had someone else do it.

In fact Tillerson learned from Twitter it's now being reported

TenuredVulture wrote:I'm not sure I buy the idea that criticism of Russia had nothing to do with this. Not that the other stuff didn't matter, and the rumors have been around for awhile, and I don't really think Putin called Donny and told him to fire Tillerson, but I wouldn't be surprised if Russia weren't a contributing factor.