Tillerson Fired Via Tweet

What’s the story?

At 8:44 AM President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via tweet, and announced his intention to nominate current CIA Director Mike Pompeo in his stead:

Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018

Though reports circulated almost immediately that the president’s issues with the Secretary have been developing for some time, fairly quickly it came to light via State Department spokespeople that Tillerson was unaware in advance of the move and only found out about his firing by seeing the president’s tweet:

Remarkable statement from State Department spokesman on Tillerson firing: pic.twitter.com/iBpLaK1tXw

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 13, 2018

Secretary Tillerson is currently in Africa on behalf of the administration.

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— Asha Sanaker

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