Tillerson Decries "Laughable" Reports Of His Replacement
- 7 years ago
On Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called recent assertions that the White House is looking to oust him "laughable." This following a Thursday report by The New York Times that intimated that Tillerson might be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo sometime in the next few months, and that Pompeo would be replaced by Tom Cotton. Tillerson's comments were made during a photo op with the Libyan prime minister on Friday morning.