Rex Tillerson says Netanyahu ‘played’ Trump

Published September 19, 2019 8:30pm ET



Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Israel “played” President Trump and encouraged his former boss to use “a healthy amount of skepticism” in his conversations with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Tillerson, who learned he had been fired in March 2018 via a tweet from the president, made the comments Tuesday while speaking at Harvard University.

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