Tillerson Says His Staff Prints Out Trump's Tweets For Him To Read
- 6 years ago
Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday he doesn't have a Twitter account and his staff prints out President Trump's tweets for him to read.
During an appearance at Stanford University on Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson weighed in on President Trump's tweets and revealed that his staff prints them out for him to read.
"The President has used [social media] to great effect by bypassing the traditional means of communicating, and he absolutely thrives on this ability to instantly communicate not just to the American people, but to our friends and allies or to our adversaries, to the entire world," Tillerson said.
Tillerson then admitted that he doesn't have his own Twitter account.
"My staff usually has to print his tweets out and hand them to me," Tillerson said. "On the one hand, you can say, 'Well, that's nuts. Why don't you get an account?' But on the other hand, I've actually concluded that's not a bad system...By the time I find out about it...I already have the early reactions to that."
Considering Trump is a prolific social media user, even Tillerson has been targeted by the president in tweets.
In early October, Trump seemingly criticized the secretary's attempts to take a diplomatic route towards resolving the conflicts between the U.S. and North Korea.
"I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man," Trump wrote on Twitter.
During an appearance at Stanford University on Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson weighed in on President Trump's tweets and revealed that his staff prints them out for him to read.
"The President has used [social media] to great effect by bypassing the traditional means of communicating, and he absolutely thrives on this ability to instantly communicate not just to the American people, but to our friends and allies or to our adversaries, to the entire world," Tillerson said.
Tillerson then admitted that he doesn't have his own Twitter account.
"My staff usually has to print his tweets out and hand them to me," Tillerson said. "On the one hand, you can say, 'Well, that's nuts. Why don't you get an account?' But on the other hand, I've actually concluded that's not a bad system...By the time I find out about it...I already have the early reactions to that."
Considering Trump is a prolific social media user, even Tillerson has been targeted by the president in tweets.
In early October, Trump seemingly criticized the secretary's attempts to take a diplomatic route towards resolving the conflicts between the U.S. and North Korea.
"I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful secretary of state, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man," Trump wrote on Twitter.