Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Wednesday denied an NBC report that claimed he angrily considered quitting the administration in July before being dissuaded by Vice President Mike Pence.
From NBC’s report:
In an impromptu Wednesday statement to the press, Tillerson denied that he had considered resigning:
“The vice president has never had to persuade me to remain as secretary of state because I have never considered leaving this post,” Tillerson said.
The NBC report also claimed that Tillerson had called Trump a “f—-king moron.” Tillerson did not deny the name-calling, saying simply that “We don’t deal with that kind of petty nonsense.”
The story did not escape the notice of the president, who took to Twitter to denounce the story.
Over the weekend, after Tillerson said he was trying to establish a dialogue with North Korea, Trump said that Tillerson was “wasting his time.”
