Today President Donald Trump swore in Mike Pompeo as America’s 70th Secretary of the State Department. The new Secretary emphasized he and his team will be relentless in confronting global threats to U.S. national security and to defending the rights and values of Americans. During President Trump’s first visit to the State Department, where he…
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Tillerson OUT – Pompeo IN
The reasons for firing U.S.Secretary of State Rex Tillerson remain publicly unknown, nourishing the wildest theories about the motives behind the twist in his career. OPINION: Why was Rex Tillerson fired? Think North Korea (via @FoxNewsOpinion) https://t.co/1ny9rirgfa — Fox News (@FoxNews) March 13, 2018 Shortly afterwards the decision of dismissal of one of the closest…
Trump reminds of Haiti’ crime record
Reportedly President Donald Trump questioned why the United States would be interested to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as “shithole countries,” according to two sources familiar with the comments. The wording made headlines and upset many, leaving aside the dramatic situation with rampant criminality in mentioned places, including abductions, rape…
Tillerson “disappointed” by EU policy towards Iran
President Donald Trump and his administration are “disappointed” in the European Union for not doing more to support Iran anti-government protests, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. Trump administration condemns EU over its stance on Iran protests https://t.co/R4FTH31PJZ — The Independent (@Independent) January 7, 2018 “We’re disappointed that the European Union has not taken a more definitive…
USA diplomacy recast
The entire senior level of management officials at the US State department, has resigned,makring an impressive exodus of civil servants – Clinton’s loyalists of ‘ante-Trump era’ in foreign policy. Mr Trump’s selection for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, was present in the department’s offices in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington DC, when the…