American foreign policy after Rexit
Rex Tillerson was a poor secretary of state. What follows may be worse
EVEN by the reality-TV standards of this White House, the manner in which Rex Tillerson was sacked as secretary of state was jaw-dropping. President Donald Trump fired him by tweet, saying that he would be replaced by Mike Pompeo, director of the CIA. He did not call him until much later, nor did he offer an explanation. Mr Tillerson’s spokesman said that he had no idea why his boss had been fired. So he was fired, too.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “After Rexit”
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