Tillerson ‘not playing’ when pressed on ‘moron’ remark
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson insisted that persistent tensions with President Donald Trump were not hindering his mission as the nation’s top diplomat, all while ducking, dancing and sidestepping the question of whether he truly called the president a “moron.”
Tillerson on Sunday dismissed the brouhaha as the “petty stuff” of Washington. Asked about a leading GOP senator’s comment — “You cannot publicly castrate your own secretary of state” — Tillerson would have none of it.
“I checked. I’m fully intact,” he quipped.
Again and again, Tillerson declined in a news show interview to attest to the accuracy of the report about his use of the word “moron” to describe the commander in chief.