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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 14:00:52 GMT -5
www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/tillerson-and-mattis-cleaning-up-kushners-middle-east-mess/ The American Conservative Tillerson and Mattis Cleaning Up Kushner’s Middle East Mess Are the adults in the room being thwarted? But while Tillerson’s answer was meant to soothe concerns over the crisis, behind the scenes he and Mattis were scrambling to undo the damage caused by Saudi action. The two huddled in Sydney and decided that Tillerson would take the lead in trying to resolve the falling out. Which is why, three days after the Sydney press conference, Tillerson called on Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to ease their anti-Qatar blockade and announced that the U.S. supported a Kuwaiti-led mediation effort. The problem for Tillerson was that his statement was contradicted by Donald Trump who, during a Rose Garden appearance on the same day, castigated Qatar, saying the emirate “has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level. A close associate of the secretary of state says that Tillerson was not only “blind-sided by the Trump statement,” but “absolutely enraged that the White House and State Department weren’t on the same page.” Tillerson’s aides, I was told, were convinced that the true author of Trump’s statement was U.A.E. ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, a close friend of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner. “Rex put two-and-two together,” his close associate says, “and concluded that this absolutely vacuous kid was running a second foreign policy out of the White House family quarters. Otaiba weighed in with Jared and Jared weighed in with Trump. What a mess.” The Trump statement was nearly the last straw for Tillerson, this close associate explains: “Rex is just exhausted. He can’t get any of his appointments approved and is running around the world cleaning up after a president whose primary foreign policy adviser is a 36-year-old amateur.” _______________________ “Every time we’ve asked the Qataris for something they’ve said ‘yes,’ which isn’t true for the Saudis,” the retired senior U.S. military officer with whom I spoke says. “It really started with the help the Qataris gave us in Libya, but it goes well beyond that. They’ve been absolutely first rate on ISIS. The Saudis, on the other hand, have been nothing but trouble – in Yemen, especially. Yemen has been a disaster, a stain. And now there’s this.” ______ “The Saudis and Emiratis have told us repeatedly that they want to weaken Iran, but they’ve actually empowered them,” a senior Pentagon consultant who works on the Middle East told me. The Saudi actions, this official went on to explain, have backfired. Instead of intimidating the Qataris, the Saudis have “thrown them into the arms of the Iranians.” The result is an uneasy, but emerging Turkish-Qatari-Iranian alliance backed by Russia. “This isn’t just some kind of Gulfie dust-up, where we can go out and hold everyone’s hands,” this Pentagon consultant says. “The Saudis have handed the Iranians a gift and we’re on the outside looking in.” The official then shook his head. “Listen, I can certainly understand where Mattis and Tillerson are coming from. I mean, with friends like these, who needs enemies.” ________
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 6:56:05 GMT -5
"We will be respected around the globe" Never thought we would be the joke... ____ www.politico.com/story/2017/06/28/tillerson-blows-up-at-white-house-aide-240075Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s frustrations with the White House have been building for months. Last Friday, they exploded. The normally laconic Texan unloaded on Johnny DeStefano, the head of the presidential personnel office, for torpedoing proposed nominees to senior State Department posts and for questioning his judgment. Tillerson also complained that the White House was leaking damaging information about him to the news media, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Above all, he made clear that he did not want DeStefano’s office to “have any role in staffing” and “expressed frustration that anybody would know better” than he about who should work in his department — particularly after the president had promised him autonomy to make his own decisions and hires, according to a senior White House aide familiar with the conversation. The episode stunned other White House officials gathered in chief of staff Reince Priebus’ office, leaving them silent as Tillerson raised his voice. In the room with Tillerson and DeStefano were Priebus, top Trump aide Jared Kushner and Margaret Peterlin, the secretary of state’s chief of staff. The encounter, described by four people familiar with what happened, was so explosive that Kushner approached Peterlin afterward and told her that Tillerson’s outburst was completely unprofessional, according to two of the people familiar with the exchange, and told her that they needed to work out a solution. ________________ Good thing Jared the real SOS was there to put Rex back in pocket.... Has anybody figured out why Jared asked the Russians to set up a covert communication in the Russ.... Nevermind
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 7:26:23 GMT -5
"We will be respected around the globe" Never thought we would be the joke... ____ www.politico.com/story/2017/06/28/tillerson-blows-up-at-white-house-aide-240075Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s frustrations with the White House have been building for months. Last Friday, they exploded. The normally laconic Texan unloaded on Johnny DeStefano, the head of the presidential personnel office, for torpedoing proposed nominees to senior State Department posts and for questioning his judgment. Tillerson also complained that the White House was leaking damaging information about him to the news media, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Above all, he made clear that he did not want DeStefano’s office to “have any role in staffing” and “expressed frustration that anybody would know better” than he about who should work in his department — particularly after the president had promised him autonomy to make his own decisions and hires, according to a senior White House aide familiar with the conversation. The episode stunned other White House officials gathered in chief of staff Reince Priebus’ office, leaving them silent as Tillerson raised his voice. In the room with Tillerson and DeStefano were Priebus, top Trump aide Jared Kushner and Margaret Peterlin, the secretary of state’s chief of staff. The encounter, described by four people familiar with what happened, was so explosive that Kushner approached Peterlin afterward and told her that Tillerson’s outburst was completely unprofessional, according to two of the people familiar with the exchange, and told her that they needed to work out a solution. ________________ Good thing Jared the real SOS was there to put Rex back in pocket.... Has anybody figured out why Jared asked the Russians to set up a covert communication in the Russ.... Nevermind For those who think Trump will be strong on national security, watch this space. Diplomacy is (and always has been) a vital component of our security. It's not just about guns and bombs. Starving the State Department is not part of a stronger national security profile.
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 29, 2017 8:16:43 GMT -5
"We will be respected around the globe" Never thought we would be the joke... ____ www.politico.com/story/2017/06/28/tillerson-blows-up-at-white-house-aide-240075Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s frustrations with the White House have been building for months. Last Friday, they exploded. The normally laconic Texan unloaded on Johnny DeStefano, the head of the presidential personnel office, for torpedoing proposed nominees to senior State Department posts and for questioning his judgment. Tillerson also complained that the White House was leaking damaging information about him to the news media, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Above all, he made clear that he did not want DeStefano’s office to “have any role in staffing” and “expressed frustration that anybody would know better” than he about who should work in his department — particularly after the president had promised him autonomy to make his own decisions and hires, according to a senior White House aide familiar with the conversation. The episode stunned other White House officials gathered in chief of staff Reince Priebus’ office, leaving them silent as Tillerson raised his voice. In the room with Tillerson and DeStefano were Priebus, top Trump aide Jared Kushner and Margaret Peterlin, the secretary of state’s chief of staff. The encounter, described by four people familiar with what happened, was so explosive that Kushner approached Peterlin afterward and told her that Tillerson’s outburst was completely unprofessional, according to two of the people familiar with the exchange, and told her that they needed to work out a solution. ________________ Good thing Jared the real SOS was there to put Rex back in pocket.... Has anybody figured out why Jared asked the Russians to set up a covert communication in the Russ.... Nevermind For those who think Trump will be strong on national security, watch this space. Diplomacy is (and always has been) a vital component of our security. It's not just about guns and bombs. Starving the State Department is not part of a stronger national security profile. Mattis back in 2013: “If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately," Mattis said, before members of Congress at a National Security Advisory Council meeting, the US Global Leadership Coalition notes. "So I think it’s a cost-benefit ratio. The more that we put into the State Department’s diplomacy, hopefully the less we have to put into a military budget as we deal with the outcome of an apparent American withdrawal from the international scene,” Mattis continued www.businessinsider.com/mattis-state-department-funding-need-to-buy-more-ammunition-2017-2
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 8:31:41 GMT -5
As noted in the two post above there are bigger issues obviously but this is just pitiful behavior... The President of the United States...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 8:46:56 GMT -5
As noted in the two post above there are bigger issues obviously but this is just pitiful behavior... The President of the United States... Hey Melania, how's that anti-cyberbullying effort coming along? You making any progress?
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Post by hoyainspirit on Jun 29, 2017 10:16:21 GMT -5
All this winning! I'm not sure I can take too much more of it!!
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 29, 2017 11:47:50 GMT -5
All this winning! I'm not sure I can take too much more of it!! Trump's "moral compass" on display.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2017 14:24:21 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 29, 2017 17:43:51 GMT -5
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Post by hoyarooter on Jun 29, 2017 19:36:17 GMT -5
Hold on now. I am absolutely certain that the voter fraud investigation (that is still proceeding, isn't it?) will turn up at least five million fraudulent votes for HRC, so that the Donald can then claim to have also won the popular vote. Real news from real sources.
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Post by SaxaCD on Jun 29, 2017 21:03:27 GMT -5
Hold on now. I am absolutely certain that the voter fraud investigation (that is still proceeding, isn't it?) will turn up at least five million fraudulent votes for HRC, so that the Donald can then claim to have also won the popular vote. Real news from real sources. I am thrilled for HRC's participation ribbon.
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 30, 2017 5:15:03 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 5:21:42 GMT -5
Glad someone is thrilled about something because you can't be thrilled about the conduct of the President or the current status of the country he leads.... Everyday he finds new ways to humiliate the citizens of this country with his childish and vindictive behavior. Every single day....
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jun 30, 2017 12:05:25 GMT -5
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Jun 30, 2017 13:35:38 GMT -5
What is it with Trump and women's blood???
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 13:52:35 GMT -5
Lol... This guy.... Is it too much to ask that he just be weird and petty at normal human levels?
And then he said be nice to me or I'll sick Dick Morris and the National Enquirer on you! And of course Jared makes a special guest appearance as Trump's bouncer/enforcer..... Lol
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Post by hoyarooter on Jun 30, 2017 18:36:27 GMT -5
Photoshopped to make the President look bad. As if he needs any help.
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