"Rex Is Here," Trump Says Vaguely After Reporting of Plan for Tillerson's Exit

Citing unnamed “senior administration officials” on Thursday, the New York Times reports that the Trump administration has a detailed plan to push Secretary of State Rex Tillerson out his position and replace him with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who would in turn be replaced by the hawkish U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).

While many on social media cheered the development as the latest evidence that the Trump administration is simply a hotbed of dysfunction, others found the possible implications—given the personnel re-shuffling laid out by the Times—quite worrying.

Kelle Louaillier, president of Corporate Accountability International, said that while ousting Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil, might otherwise be a positive step, having Pompeo in charge of the U.S. State Department would be nothing to celebrate.

“Tillerson was one of the most blatant revolving door cases in the Trump administration and a clear sign that Trump’s government was of, by, and for the fossil fuel industry. But make no mistake: Mike Pompeo could be far worse.” —Kelle Louaillier, Corporate Accountability International

Click Here: Rugby league Jerseys

“Tillerson was one of the most blatant revolving door cases in the Trump administration and a clear sign that Trump’s government was of, by, and for the fossil fuel industry,” said Louaillier in a statement. “But make no mistake: Mike Pompeo could be far worse.”

As a member of Congress, she noted, Pompeo represented Wichita, Kansas, where Koch Industries is based, has been called the “Koch Brothers’ favorite congressman.” The current CIA Director has also been criticized for a series of bigoted and Islamophobic statements and views.

“Once again, this administration has proven that just when you think things can’t get any worse, Donald Trump and his cronies will find a way. Now, instead of having a former fossil fuel CEO at the helm of foreign policy, the United States will have an Islamophobic Koch Brothers shill—who built his own business using Koch money and owes his political career first and foremost to their deep pockets. In Congress, Pompeo received more money from the Koch Brothers than any other member,” Louaillier added. “Not only will the Koch Brothers now have a direct line to the State Department, Pompeo will lead U.S. foreign policy down the same dark, bigoted and Islamophobic path of Donald Trump’s Twitterfeed.”