{"id":6690,"date":"2017-08-28T18:50:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T18:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egretnews.com\/?p=6690"},"modified":"2017-08-28T18:51:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T18:51:51","slug":"report-president-trump-growing-increasingly-frustrated-with-secretary-of-state-tillerson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egretnews.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/28\/report-president-trump-growing-increasingly-frustrated-with-secretary-of-state-tillerson\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: President Trump Growing Increasingly Frustrated With Secretary of State Tillerson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, the State Department was combating rumors that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was planning to resign<\/a>.Now, reports indicate that President Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Tillerson due to his \u2018establishment thinking.\u2019<\/p>\n

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A source tells Axios that Trump said \u201cRex just doesn\u2019t get it, he\u2019s totally establishment in his thinking,\u201d upon returning from a meeting regarding a new Afghanistan strategy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Axios reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"There\u2019s a ticking problem with Rex Tillerson, and it\u2019s growing louder by the day, according to officials inside and close to the White House.<\/p>\n

President Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with his Secretary of State. One time recently, after Trump had returned from a meeting on Afghanistan, a source recalled Trump saying, \u201cRex just doesn\u2019t get it, he\u2019s totally establishment in his thinking.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Axios reports that they\u2019ve heard a number of reasons from various sources indicating why Trump is growing weary of Tillerson \u2013 ranging from his inability to fill key posts, disagreements over re-certification of the Iran nuclear deal, and a downgrade in morale at the department.<\/p>\n

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