Apparently your new Secretary of State is going to be the Exxon Mobile CEO:
BREAKING: Sources tell @mitchellreports Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be Secretary of State. @NBCNightlyNews
— Ilyas Kirmani (@IlyasKirmani) December 10, 2016
Some were positing that the CIA was dropping leaks in order to pressure Trump against picking this guy because he’s a Putin friend. Guess that didn’t work out too well…
UPDATE: Looks like it’s confirmed.
2 sources tell me #RexTillerson is pick for SecState he met with @realDonaldTrump today Exxon Mobil CEO could be paired w/ Bolton as Deputy
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) December 10, 2016
But who knows with Trump? He loves screwing with the press.
And then there’s this:
I have clients who lose clearances because of distant cousins in Russia who served in military once. Tillerson has an Order of Friendship. https://t.co/aYTORtKzqD
— Bradley P. Moss, Esq (@BradMossEsq) December 10, 2016
Oh well.