Tillerson is making a statement in 10 minutes from the Treaty Room

[octoberlib]

Think he'll announce his resignation?

Link to tweet

Tillerson is making a statement in 10 minutes from the Treaty Room. Topic unknown.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Do it, Rex

You’re right, Trump is a moron.
And life is too short to work for assholes like that.

[MineralMan]

2. That seems the most likely thing.

We shall see. But, I expect him to resign. He doesn't need this.

[klook]

3. Maybe he'll say, "I'm in charge here."

On second thought, this probably means a) relations with Putin have soured and the Exxon windfall isn't happening after all, or b) the Exxon-Putin partnership is secure, so Tillerson has achieved what he set out to do.

Public service certainly isn't part of his portfolio.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. No. That's a Friday afternoon thing.

(On second thought, in light of the "moron" comment: )

I agree with Mineral Man that he doesn't need this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Tillerson

He worked his way up from production engineer to head of a Fortune 10 or maybe even Fortune 5 company. Wasn't Exxon the biggest company in the US at one time? I doubt that you can pull strings or use family connections to do that. He doesn't need this abuse. He can walk away and go somewhere else - anywhere - where he won't have to put up with the belittlement.

That say, I hope he says "yes, I said ***** was a moron. Furthermore, I meant it. **** you, *****."

It's about time someone told the truth in that sorry excuse of an administration. I'd respect him if he does.

[mopinko]

9. unless what he wants is for it to blaze in the news.

if he is hoping that he is one more nail in the morons coffin, now is the time to do that.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

5. Look for Brown on his nose

Or he may not have kissed trumps ass today embarrass trump while he's out of town?

[tblue37]

6. Probably. Now that his "moron" comment from this summer has been made public,

Trump will want him gone.

[SweetieD]

7. He'll probably say the moron quote is fake news and he fully supports the president.

[get the red out]

8. I am sure he was asked to

The orange fool mocks, but will not BE mocked.

[exboyfil]

10. He could make history by calling for

the Vice President to form the cabinet for a 25th Amendment vote.

[bdamomma]

15. ............

[bearsfootball516]

11. Well, I don't think it'll be him resigning

But I'll be more than happy to be wrong, if so.

[FSogol]

12. He'll drop trou, slap his pale ass and tell Trumpy where to go....

[octoberlib]

13. You can watch live here:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rex-tillerson-statement-2017-09-04-live-updates/


CNN is also showing his speech

[smirkymonkey]

14. This should be good.

Keep us cube rats posted.

[demmiblue]

16. ...

[Wednesdays]

17. It's just a rah rah speech about the tRump team

[octoberlib]

20. I'm not surprised that Tillerson is basically saying "fake news"

I am surprised that Trump didn't force him to resign. Trump is all about optics.

[demmiblue]

21. Yep.

As an aside, I wish people would post in one thread and not start countless others.

[Docreed2003]

18. DO IT Rex!!! Do it!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. How to view this:

Live (already running):

https://www.c-span.org/video/?435141-1/secretary-tillerson-addresses-rumors-threatened-resign&live

On-demand:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?435141-1/secretary-tillerson-addresses-rumors-threatened-resign&live&vod

{Reporter: Did you call ***** a moron? Tillerson: "I'm not going to deal with petty stuff like that."}

So it's Friday afternoon then.