Tillerson: “I Didn’t Want This Job”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Mar 22, 2017
Having recently waded into the Russia-NATO axis scandal, when as Reuters first reported on Monday Rex Tillerson planned to skip the April 5-6 meeting of NATO foreign ministers despite flying a week later to Russia, which as Reuters said is “a step allies may see as putting Moscow’s concerns ahead of theirs”, only to reverse his decision last night, and offer NATO several “conflict-free” dates which could work for an upcoming meeting (NATO has yet to respond), attention has turned this morning to an interview Tillerson gave to the IJR in which the former Exxon CEO appears to be expressing some reluctance about his current posting.
In the interview, Tillerson said the job of secretary of State wasn’t a role he actually sought out.
“I didn’t want this job. I didn’t seek this job,” Tillerson told the Independent Journal Review in an interview during his recent Asia trip.
So why did he take the job? As the Hill points out, when asked why he agreed to take on the position of secretary of State, Tillerson said his wife “told me I’m supposed to do this.”
During the interview Tillerson said he had never met President Trump before the election. After his victory, the president wanted to talk with Tillerson “about the world.”
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