Twitter Goes Off After Trump Lashes Out at Tillerson: So He Hired Someone ‘Dumb as a Rock’?
The President of the United States is publicly lashing out at his own former Secretary of State for comments he made calling the Commander-in-Chief “undisciplined.”
In other words, it’s Friday.
After Rex Tillerson sounded off a bit about the President, Donald Trump fired back by insulting his intelligence:
Mike Pompeo is doing a great job, I am very proud of him. His predecessor, Rex Tillerson, didn’t have the mental capacity needed. He was dumb as a rock and I couldn’t get rid of him fast enough. He was lazy as hell. Now it is a whole new ballgame, great spirit at State!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2018
And even though it’s been a pretty big news day already, this little jab stuck out:
Why did the president hire a secretary of state who "was dumb as a rock" and "lazy as hell"? https://t.co/VH91aKDR37
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 7, 2018
I … I just …
Wow. https://t.co/tLciRTGoY5— David Martosko (@dmartosko) December 7, 2018
Trump never got over Tillerson calling him a moron. https://t.co/JKMkc9bsA8
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 7, 2018
So unfortunate how Trump’s hires keep turning out to have been terrible hires https://t.co/ExNLruZOSG
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) December 7, 2018
.@NBCNews I have an update to your “President Trump Is Acting Presidential Now” article https://t.co/1f8Flb5PhB
— Jason O. Gilbert (@gilbertjasono) December 7, 2018
The most telling part of the below @realDonaldTrump statement is that Trump doesn't deny the substance of what Rex Tillerson said about him. https://t.co/6dvSBNxBFm
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 7, 2018
Whoever appointed Tillerson must be a real dumbass pic.twitter.com/pPCUHQQY76
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 7, 2018
the president is saying he nominated someone who was "dumb as a rock" to be fourth in the presidential line of succession
— Steven Rich (@dataeditor) December 7, 2018
Trump attacks Tillerson, seeming not to realize that if Tillerson was dumb and lazy, it doesn't reflect well on the person who hired him (which was Trump) https://t.co/88SmqZ4dja
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) December 7, 2018
Mr. President @realDonaldTrump. My question for you today as you disembark Marine One: If Rex Tillerson is as "dumb as a rock" and "Lazy as Hell," how was he one of the "very best people" and why the Hell did you hire him?
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) December 7, 2018
Now and then pic.twitter.com/0aXqViuDIx
— Axios (@axios) December 7, 2018
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