Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson named secretary of state: reports

[Cooley Hurd]

Source: McClatchy

WASHINGTON
Diplomacy in the world of Donald Drumpf is going to be directed by the CEO of Exxon Mobil, one of the world’s largest oil companies.

The President-elect tapped Rex Tillerson, a private sector Texan with no formal diplomatic experience, to be Secretary of State on Saturday according to NBC news.

Despite a dining with 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney and courting former Gen. David Petraeus for the nation’s top diplomatic post, Drumpf went with Tillerson, who has served as Exxon CEO since 2006 and worked for the oil giant for over four decades.

Tillerson will face confirmation hearings in the Senate.

The CEO, who made $27.3 million in salary last year, has some policy differences with the President-elect.

Tillerson believes in man-made climate change and supports the Paris climate agreement, but Drumpf has indicated he will pull out of the agreement when he assumes the presidency.

Exxon has been criticized for denying climate change in public while privately preparing its oil infrastructure for rising sea levels during the 1980s and 1990s, although the company called for a carbon tax starting in 2009.

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Awful fucking choice!!!!!!!

[Satch59]

1. The plot thickens...

And Bolton as deputy SOS... These confirmations will not go well...

The Russian connection is so blatant...

[riversedge]

41. 'Tillerson will be paired with former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as his deputy secretary of state'

OMG--BOLTON!!


Casey Michel ?@cjcmichel 47m47 minutes ago

'Tillerson will be paired with former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as his deputy secretary of state':


http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/rex-tillerson-exxon-mobil-expected-be-named-trump-s-secretary-n694371

[MBS]

55. Truly a nightmare duo. n/t

[Orangepeel]

2. How do you say, "are you fucking kidding me?" In Russian?

Seems like it will be increasingly useful in the future.

[mitty14u2]

7. ты чертовски шутишь "are you fucking kidding me?"

[MBS]

54. Spasibo

I'll file this away for future use.

[GreenEyedLefty]

27. This is exactly what I said, auf Englisch.

[Ellipsis]

3. His relationship with Russia goes back to the late 90's

Per Wiki

In 2011, on behalf of ExxonMobil, Tillerson signed an agreement with Russia for drilling in the Arctic that could be valued up to $300 billion.[12] The agreement has not able to be carried out due to sanctions enacted against Russia.

In 2013, Tillerson was awarded the Order of Friendship by Vladimir Putin.[10]

[sarcasmo]

4. Rex Tillerson, will help you in your search.

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Obviously, that's what I've been searching...

I'm a student of Khephra. A dude I still miss...

[sarcasmo]

10. Your original post says Tillerman, just saying.

[Cooley Hurd]

13. My bad!

[Sunlei]

5. CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation. hahaha, 100- barrels of oil for every tourist visa

trump should break down and hire Kerry or Clinton for a real SOS, with experience before IS starts roasting-alive our diplomats on youtube.

[Blue Idaho]

6. Let's see... Big Oil, Big Banks, and the Military.

Not so much a cabinet as the makings of a coup.

[Thrill]

18. What happened to #DrainingtheSwamp ?

Dumbasses fell for his bullshit

[Blue Idaho]

21. The sad part is...

These dumb shits are low information voters. They still don't understand what has happened to them. They are still out there celebrating Trumps victory - attacking blacks, Jews, Muslims, latinos, and liberals - spraypainting swastikas on church walls and attacking anyone and everyone who's not white.

It will be some time before they realize they have been the unwitting dupes who allowed a millionaire Russian operative to destroy America's infrastructure and turn all the wealth over to 1% of the population. The oligarchs will be saluting Putin while lighting their cigars and toasting President for Life Donald Trump.

[6000eliot]

37. Because attacking non-whites is all they EVER cared about.

[narnian60]

52. Yes.

[Yavin4]

61. And always will care about.

Which is why reaching out to them is a huge waste of fucking time.

[3catwoman3]

49. He drained it so he could...

...see what was at the very bottom in the very slimiest ooze.

This gets worse every goddamned day!

[Initech]

30. This is the Business Plot from the 20s, only for real.

And there's no Smedley Butler to stop the coup this time.

[Fast Walker 52]

9. tweet here from an NBC producer

https://twitter.com/IlyasKirmani/status/807648220079919104

BREAKING: Sources tell @mitchellreports Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be Secretary of State. @NBCNightlyNews

Holy mother of god.

[elmac]

11. Making Putin richer again

this news should be good for another 10,000 points on the DOW!

[Fast Walker 52]

12. I've long thought Tillerman was one of the most evil men on the planet.

So, quite fitting that Trump would pick him.

[mitty14u2]

14. Report: Trump Has Chosen His Secretary of State

The contest for the most talked about role in Donald Trump's administration has reportedly ended. The president-elect Donald Trump has chosen Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, according to CNN's Andrea Mitchell.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/12/10/report-trump-has-chosen-his-secretary-of-state-n2258141

[They_Live]

31. This guy will keep our embassies safe!

Fuck.

[moondust]

15. Pooty gets what Pooty wants.

Must have some juicy secrets about somebody that must never be revealed.

[They_Live]

28. a certain grumpy old pussy grabber

is very in debt to Pooty-Poot.

[democrank]

16. I don't drink, but

I'm going to get me some vodka.

[Cooley Hurd]

19. Smoke some weed first...

...to put things into perspective.

Then... get bombed to deal with it.

[jpak]

17. Time to buy shares in Exxon!

[n2doc]

20. Rachel discussed the reasons for this. 1/2 a trillion dollars worth of reasons

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-500-billion-opportunity-for-exxon-russia-in-trump-cabinet-pick-827731523790

[bucolic_frolic]

22. Beyond insanity

This is not going to work well

[dawg]

23. He's not putting together a Cabinet. He's assembling the Legion of Doom.

[Cooley Hurd]

25. I can't think of a better analogy!

[3catwoman3]

50. No shit!

Doomed is how I am feeling.

[KewlKat]

24. so he goes with mr russia, medal winner of pootin

This is horrible. Canadian passport ready. There are not enough of us who care about our country to fight.

[AngryAmish]

26. Always nice to see Romney humiliated.

That poor dog!

[SunSeeker]

57. Yep, that was a Putin level humiliation, but worse than if he poisoned him.

Romney utterly lost his dignity and became a laughing stock.

[AngryAmish]

58. Only thing worse is if Trump would have had an "overnight" at Romney's house

With Mitch and his wife. Then make Mitch go to 7/11 for an hour after dinner.

[LeftishBrit]

29. Isn't Exxon the one that had the terrible oil spill off Alaska?

I know that was before this man came on the scene - but for quite a few reasons I don't really like the idea of Big Oil running foreign policy. There's been too much of that already!

[Cooley Hurd]

32. Yep!

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

[ucrdem]

33. And now we see the real face of the Trump admin.

Step aside jugglers, plumbers, performers, and clowns, it's time to get our next war on!

[agalisgv]

34. I thought this was a joke at first. nt

[NeoConsSuck]

35. Wonder if this is going to the end of cheap oil & gas?

[ucrdem]

36. LOL. Remember peak oil?

Hundred-dollar-a-barrel five-bucks-plus-per gallon gas?

Welp, they're back.

[TeamPooka]

38. better fill up today because the gouging will start right away

[SomethingNew]

43. No, OPEC is already on that.

Cheap oil was not here to stay. It was only a matter of time before OPEC countries ran out of money and agreed to a cut. I don't think it will go back to $100/bbl any time soon but it is going up. That rise will have nothing to do with Tillerson though.

[roamer65]

39. Another Putin whore.

[ananda]

40. Another Russian puppet-crony.

I hardly know what to say to all this any more.

[KittyWampus]

45. Yup, this just makes Trump look even MORE like a Russian asset.

[muriel_volestrangler]

42. Tillerson's acknowledgement of climate change looks recent, convenient and tactical

While the company makes a clear statement acknowledging climate science and the risks of climate change on its website, CEO Rex Tillerson has repeatedly misrepresented basic climate science in public statements by casting doubt on the accuracy and competency of climate models.

At the company’s 2015 annual meeting, Tillerson argued that the world should wait to improve its understanding of climate science before taking action. At its 2016 annual meeting, Tillerson repeated his assertion that climate models are not accurate. Tillerson’s argument—that uncertainties over specific model projections should serve as a rationale for inaction in reducing emissions—belies ExxonMobil’s claim that it accepts the scientific evidence on climate change. Tillerson is next up to deliver a keynote address tomorrow at the Oil and Money conference in London, where climate change is barely on the agenda and oil executives are set to focus on maintaining business as usual.

http://blog.ucsusa.org/kathy-mulvey/how-does-exxonmobil-attack-climate-science-let-me-count-the-ways

[KittyWampus]

44. His ties to Russia and Putin go far and deep. It helps color Trump as a Russian asset.

[roamer65]

60. Dump is a Russian asset.

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[SunSeeker]

46. K & R for exposure Of Putin puppet.

[DemoTex]

47. In the words of Dorothy Parker ..

"What fresh hell is THIS?

[Cooley Hurd]

48. Mac, couldn't have framed it better.

[BeyondGeography]

51. He once went NIMBY on fracking

then he dropped out of a lawsuit after he took crap about it for two months:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/ohio-energy-inc/2014/04/exxon-ceo-drops-out-of-fracking-water-tower.html

[mitty14u2]

53. Rex Tillerson named secretary of state:"Not 100% yet"

Trump has not said Rex Tillerson named secretary of state, Andrea Mitchel has been the person saying this and he has to be confirmed, knowing Trump as being a Habitual Liar anything could happen, even on his tweet about this he lied saying "'The election ended a long time ago in one of the (biggest Electoral College victories in history) This is False and a LIE!

[rurallib]

56. do we start a pool on the date that the war with Iran starts?

[turbinetree]

59. Rolling Stone and Rex Tillerson

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/did-exxon-lie-about-global-warming-20160630

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-republicans-still-reject-the-science-of-global-warming-w448023

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-denier-elite-20130912

[Puha Ekapi_2]

62. Tovarish

Tillerson.... Jeezus H. Effing Christ. It keeps going from really fucking bad to catastrophic.