Sec. of State Tillerson 'taking a little time off' but not resigning

[TomCADem]

Source: USA Today

Rex Tillerson has no plans to resign as Secretary of State and is "just taking a little time off," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tuesday amid reports Tillerson was considering stepping down.

CNN reported over the weekend that a potential "Rexit" at Foggy Bottom was brewing and that Tillerson might resign before the end of the year. The report pointed to the former ExxonMobil CEO's growing frustration with the administration, which was exacerbated by President Trump's public attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

"The secretary has been very clear he intends to stay here at the State Department" Nauert told reporters when asked about the resignation rumors, according to The Hill. "We have a lot of work that is left to be done ahead of us. He recognizes that. He is deeply engaged in that work."

Nauert said Tillerson is "just taking a little time off" after returning from a "mega trip" at the beginning of the month that included stops in Germany, Ukraine, Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/25/rex-tillerson-taking-little-time-off/510355001/

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All we need is Trump to tweet from a golf course about how there is too much to get done to take time off.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Time off from what? nt

[iluvtennis]

8. Agree. And these low motivation ppl questioned Hillary's stamina. She flew over 950K miles as SOS

[Scarsdale]

13. Exactly!

Too much Russian arse kissing perhaps? Tillerson needs time off to cleanse himself? I have ZERO respect for anyone who "works" in this administration, they know he is mentally unbalanced.

[DesertRat]

27. Exactly right! Tillerson has no stamina. Sad. nt

[brush]

16. It's just his part-time job. Whaddya expect?

[msongs]

2. be nice, implementing exxon/mobile's business plan is hard work nt

[BigmanPigman]

3. Especially when you need a Russian translator.

[Control-Z]

4. Right?

Like, I'd be panicking about now. That pesky bipartisan sanctions agreement is going to make the job really, really hard. Almost, probably, impossible.

[cstanleytech]

10. Not impossible, thats what a 3rd party is for. nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Soon enough

[Midnight Writer]

6. What if we had an Administration and nobody came?

[thesquanderer]

7. It would be nice if we had a Sec'y of State with stamina. (n/t)

[secondwind]

9. He's all tuckered out already?!!? Did Hillary do this?

[BumRushDaShow]

11. "'just taking a little time off' after returning from a 'mega trip'"

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton traveled nearly 1 million as SOS.

[Maeve]

12. Not getting his naps in, huh?

Such stamina...

[ToxMarz]

14. Low energy

[Bengus81]

15. Needs some time off to REALLY think about resigning from this sinking ship....nt

[Javaman]

17. so my take away is...

while tillerson has been nothing but a big empty shirt and has only put on a charade as SOS, the position is now effectively empty.

all hail king obergrupenfuerer tRumpenstien.

[brush]

18. A part-time SOS, a lying Attorney General, a stupid Energy Sec., a privitizing Ed. Sec. ...

what an administration — headed by a part-time golfer/part-time tweeter/no-time presidential/sun-downing poseur.

[SharonClark]

20. I like your excellent but concise description.

Your restraint is admirable.

[brush]

22. Thank you. Thank you.

[KRISITNA]

19. Like Bill O' Reilly

[sinkingfeeling]

21. I don't recall "time off" being taken by other SOSs.

[VWolf]

23. Don't y'all remember when Hillary did this?

Yeah, me neither

[FakeNoose]

24. Too bad he never appointed the rest of his department

It's easy for the boss to take time off when there are lots of people to take over in his absence. However Tillerson has never hired people to work in his department so...

No time off for you buddy!

[Zambero]

26. President Bannon has veto power over that stuff

Tired Tillerson is on his own. Dismantling the administrative state includes de-staffing it after all.

[AwakeAtLast]

25. Low energy, no stamina

Sad.