Clean Up on Aisle Rex
Sit down. Take a few deep breaths. Then realize that Rex Tillerson is the only thing that stands between you and all out nuclear holocaust with North Korea.
And now Rex ain’t looking all that bad.
Over the weekend, President Trump contradicted Tillerson on diplomatic relations with North Korea and its leader. Trump tweeted that the secretary of state was “wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man” — his nickname for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
Be a hero, Rex. Oh hell, be an evil Bond villain. I don’t care. Just don’t let Trump get his tiny little finger near the red button. We’ll get you a cape, Rex.
Okay, for those of you who made bets that I would never have one nice thing to sat about Rex Tillerson, I apologize. You could argue that I never said anything nice except, “God, please let this guy live one day longer than Donald Trump.”
Ol’ Rex had to call a special press conference today to disavow the rumors that Father Pence had intervened to convince him to stay. Also, when asked if he (Rex) had indeed called Trump a “moron,” he didn’t exactly say yes or no. Only that where he came from, they didn’t deal in nonsense like that.
What do you want to bet that soon we’ll be hearing from his boss that Rex still has his “full confidence,” which is a sure sign that Rex will be looking for the exits? Nobody is allowed to suck up the oxygen press-wise except Trump. That is the ultimate sin.
1What ‘passes’ for candor with a maladministration too inept to execute “plausible deniability?” Lies.
In Rex’s defense, he didn’t precisely call Donnie a moron. He has been reported to have called him an effing moron.
2Well, it’s good to know that awful as he is, Pence doesn’t want us to get all Raptured up in a big nuclear cloud.
I certainly wouldn’t ever enjoy a Pence presidency. But I could probably at least survive one. Expectations Adjusted.
3Welp, Rex may be looking for the exits sooner than expected, as per the “confidence” thing in my comment above. This from Politico:
Despite the back-and-forth between Trump and Tillerson, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said earlier this week that the president retained confidence in his secretary of state. She repeated that view on Wednesday.
“As we’ve said many times before, if the president doesn’t have confidence in somebody, they will no longer be in their position,” Sanders told reporters aboard Air Force One as Trump headed to Las Vegas.
4From @Limericking:
Addressing the media, Rex
5Tried hard to reverse the effects.
The moron, his boss,
He stated, half cross,
Is someone he deeply respects.
Alan, you win.
6Yup, that’s beautiful Alan.
I love that Rexxon called Orange Whore a f**king moron. He is. I think that’s the most honesty I’ve heard yet from this deministration.
7Sometimes I hate to be proven right. I predicted that the Sopranos were moving into the White House on election night. Complete with the kissing of the “ring” ceremony hosted by the local don. In this case, a don named Don. I have never ever seen anything like this. And I damn well don’t like it one bit! I can’t wait for Mueller to even give a preliminary report!
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