Sunday, August 27, 2017
The Rogue Mouth
When it is possible to make him read a prepared speech, Cheeto Mussolini can actually sound reasonable, once you get past that atrocious Queens accent. But while speaking today to Chris Wallace, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed that when he throws the script out the window, American values go out with it.
President Trump “speaks for himself” on his values, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday.How nice to know that the President, sitting at the top of the executive power structure is a loose cannon unwilling to be part of the team. How long before the members of Congress pick up on what various members of the administration are telling them?
The U.S. commitment to tolerance and equality is unchanged, Tillerson said, in the wake of controversy over Trump's response to racially tinged violence.
“We express America's values from the State Department — our commitment to freedom, our commitment to equal treatment of people the world over,” Tillerson said on “Fox News Sunday,” adding: “And that message has never changed.”
A United Nations committee last week criticized Trump for what it deemed his failure to fully condemn hatred and bigotry in the wake of deadly violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville earlier this month.
“I don't believe anyone doubts the American people's values,” or the U.S. government's willingness to defend them, Tillerson said.
Asked whether Trump's reaction, which included a statement that there was blame on “many sides” for the violence in Charlottesville, reflects American values, Tillerson answered evenly.
“The president speaks for himself,” he said.
When host Chris Wallace asked whether Tillerson was “separating himself” from Trump's remarks, Tillerson answered, “I've made my own comment as to our values.”
Tillerson's remarks followed pointed criticism of Trump's reaction from economic adviser Gary Cohn last week.
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