In a surprise move, President-elect Donald Trump could name Rex Tillerson, the current CEO of ExxonMobil, as his Secretary of State. Liberals and global warming nuts are expected to lose their minds!
The official announcement won’t come quite yet, according to Trump’s communications director, but transition sources appeared to confirm the pick of Tillerson to NBC News on Saturday.
The 64-year-old veteran oil executive has no government or diplomatic experience, although he has ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pick would put to rest weeks-long speculation of who would earn the post as the U.S.’s top diplomat, and would place Tillerson fourth in line to the presidency.
He will also be paired with former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as his deputy secretary of state, one of the sources added, with Bolton handling day-to-day management of the department.
The sources cautioned that nothing is final until the president-elect officially announces it, which could happen as early as next week.
Tillerson, who was once dubbed “T.Rex” by Sarah Palin, met Saturday with Trump at Trump Tower in New York City, the president-elect’s spokesperson confirmed.
In a pre-taped interview set to air Sunday on Fox News, Trump discussed why a businessman such as Tillerson would be a good fit as America’s chief diplomat.
“Well, in his case, he’s much more than a business executive, I mean he’s a world-class player,” Trump said, acknowledging Tillerson’s relationship with Russia through his business dealings.
“To me, a great advantage is he knows many of the players, and he knows them well,” Trump added. “He does massive deals in Russia. He does massive deals for the company — not for himself, for the company.”
As you can see, the media is already casting aspersions on Tillerson’s ties with Russia and Putin, so prepare for a major onslaught of op-eds, articles, and interviews on the relationship leading up to a tough confirmation hearing in an attempt to take him down.
Tillerson’s work with ExxonMobil also won’t make the left very happy. Currently, there is a major push across the country to investigate and punish ExxonMobil (and other “climate deniers”) for supposedly covering up “global warming.” Yes, the left is really trying to sue the company over one of the biggest hoaxes of the century. Never mind the fact that Tillerson personally believes in man-made climate change, the left will still try to eat him alive.
Luckily for Rex, Trump is extremely loyal and won’t be cowed by liberal whining in his quest to Make America Great Again.
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