President Trump has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and plans to nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him as the nation’s top diplomat....And I can understand why many people think this is a reasonable suspicion:
Trump has selected ... Gina Haspel — the deputy director at the CIA — to succeed [Pompeo] at the CIA.
WH saying Tillerson was informed Friday, but State Dept statement today seems to indicate he just found out today. Which *really* makes one wonder about the role of the Russia statement yesterday.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 13, 2018
But I don't buy it:
It's tempting to ascribe this to the Russia statement, but I think this must have been in the works for a while, because it's hard to believe these clowns could coordinate two internal personnel moves within 24 hours. https://t.co/8O94D1KHe5
— Steve M. (@nomoremister) March 13, 2018
Conceiving and executing a succession shuffle like this within 24 hours, in response to a Cabinet head crossing what the president regards as an uncrossable line, would be hard for even a normally competent administration. It's certainly beyond the capacity of these bumblers. That's why I think this must have been in the works for a while. I'm more inclined to think that Tillerson knew he was going to be canned, and the statement blaming Russia for the nerve gas poisoning in England was the work of a man who had no motivation to continue toeing the administration line. Or he was planning to quit and our overgrown eleven-year-old president decided to preempt that. ("You can't quit, you're fired!") I assume the real story will be leaked soon enough.
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