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.”
NBC: Secretary of State Tillerson Called President Trump a “Moron”
HeadlineOct 04, 2017