Rex Tillersons low-key performance as Secretary of State is worrying the department [View all]

[orangecrush]

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has kept a low-key profile — arguably even a no-key profile — and it is apparently undermining confidence in his abilities within the State Department.

It’s been reported since last month that Tillerson has been sidelined within the Trump administration, as foreign policy power seems to have been handed to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and chief strategist Steve Bannon. In the meantime, the State Department has been left in disarray, its future importance uncertain because of its loss of influence and Team Trump’s planned series of massive funding cuts.

Even though on Monday the State Department is restoring its press briefings, which traditionally were held daily with rare exceptions, Tillerson is not expected to appear, according to Politico. State Department sources also told Politico that Tillerson’s anticipated absence, combined with the budget cuts or Tillerson’s inability to use the State Department to set a clear foreign policy agenda, has caused a significant loss of faith in his leadership within the agency.

http://www.salon.com/2017/03/06/rex-tillersons-low-key-performance-as-secretary-of-state-is-worrying-the-department/


Tilleraon seems to have vanished from the news cycle.

I Googled " Tillerson - Russia, and the last news entry was from mid February.

I wonder if Tilllerson is the fox the press should be watching while Trump distracts?