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OnDoutside

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17. While i agree with the thrust of what you are saying, I don't think there was much Tillerson could

Reply to NCjack (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 13, 2018, 08:01 PM

Mar 2018

do, as both he and Trump were outflanked by Congress, who by 496-4 passed the extra sanctions. While Trump has failed to implement those extra sanctions, it meant that he couldn't then unwind the current sanctions. Since that was all Tillerson was clearly there for, he was of no further use.

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Just After Tillerson Learned He Was Fired [View all] JimGinPA Mar 2018 OP

LOL Gothmog Mar 2018 #1

On speed dial? keithbvadu2 Mar 2018 #2

I don't get these guys. Trump treats him horribly, and he still says he appreciates the opportunity. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #3

Tilly had one very important job -- work with congress to get the Russia sanctions removed. NCjack Mar 2018 #4

What makes you think that? Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #5

Tilly was Exxon CEO and did with Putin the biggest oil deal ever in the world. NCjack Mar 2018 #12

While i agree with the thrust of what you are saying, I don't think there was much Tillerson could OnDoutside Mar 2018 #17

I agree. Not much he could do. So, he failed Trump/Putin NCjack Mar 2018 #21

I suspect the sanctions are on the back burner for now, Pompeo will do Trump's bidding as OnDoutside Mar 2018 #22

He got a $180M retirement package. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #20

He is a CEO lunatica Mar 2018 #6

He did speak one truth: "Trump is a moron." nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #7

True dat lunatica Mar 2018 #8

LOL..n/t Upthevibe Mar 2018 #9

He may not want to talk if he was in on it too !!! OnDoutside Mar 2018 #18

Well if it had gone differently.... magicarpet Mar 2018 #10

Exactly lunatica Mar 2018 #13

Press zero if you have information about criminal activity the President has engaged in. nt Snotcicles Mar 2018 #11

He's not going to talk voluntarily and if he is subpeoned it will be mtngirl47 Mar 2018 #14

😹😹😹 Meowmee Mar 2018 #15

Didn't Tillerson receive the Russian Order of Friendship award? He's no friend of America. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #16

Yes he did. And he is an enabler of oil drilling and pollution dumping to the extreme RiverStone Mar 2018 #19